Mediastinal Abscess After Lung Transplantation Secondary to Burkholderia gladioli Infection

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 511-514

  Church, Alistair C ^a   Sivasothy, Pasupathy ^a   Parmer, Jasvir ^a   Foweraker, Juliet ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRAINAGE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THIENAMYCINS; TOBRAMYCIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349196821     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2009.01.019     Document Type: Article

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