Outcome for patients colonised with Burkholderia cepacia in a Birmingham adult cystic fibrosis clinic and the end of an epidemic

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-377

  Muhdi, K ^a   Edenborough, F P ^b   Gumery, L ^b   O'Hickey, S ^c   Smith, E G ^b   Smith, D L ^d   Stableforth, D E ^b  

^a Hexham General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Outcome; Pseudomonas cepacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BODY WEIGHT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029965883     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.4.374     Document Type: Article

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