The setting – patients with bronchiectasis (including those with cystic fibrosis) have impaired respiratory secretion clearance and a vastly different lower respiratory flora (microbiome) than patients with normal lungs.  They are frequently colonised with conventional respiratory species such as Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis,  Staphylococcus aureus,  a diverse range of Gram negative bacteria and even fungi. Colonisation/infection with non-tuberculous […]