Biomarkers in Exhaled Breath Condensate Are Not Predictive for Pulmonary Exacerbations in Children with Cystic Fibrosis: Results of a One-Year Observational Study

• Marieke van Horck ,

  * E-mail: marieke.van.horck@mumc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Health Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Ariel Alonso,

  Affiliation Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Geertjan Wesseling,

  Affiliation Department of Pulmonology, CAPHRI, MUMC+, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Karin de Winter—de Groot,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Wim van Aalderen,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Centre (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Han Hendriks,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Viecuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands

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• Bjorn Winkens,

  Affiliation Department of Methodology and Statistics, CAPHRI, MUMC+, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Ger Rijkers,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands, Department of Sciences, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, The Netherlands

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• Quirijn Jöbsis,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Health Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Edward Dompeling

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, School for Public Health and Primary Health Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, The Netherlands

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