... Borstel, Department of Medicine, Borstel, Germany. 2. Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. 3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, ... and mortality in the majority of CF patients (1). This pathogen colonises the airways and lungs often in the late teens or early twenties and can be controlled for a prolonged time by antibiotic ... Key words: Cystic fibrosis, fucose, glactose, inhalation, lectin, Pseudomonas aeruginosa INTRODUCTION Chronic infection of the airways with P. aerugi-nosa is the leading cause of morbidity and...