Histopathologic features of Burkholderia cepacia pneumonia in patients without cystic fibrosis

Modern Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-372

  Belchis, Deborah A ^a,d   Simpson, Elizabeth ^b   Colby, Thomas ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEXINGTON CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Necrotizing granulomatous pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034003663     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880060     Document Type: Article

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