Burkholderia gladioli - A predictor of poor outcome in cystic fibrosis patients who receive lung transplants? A case of locally invasive rhinosinusitis and persistent bacteremia in a 36-year-old lung transplant recipient with cystic fibrosis

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Quon, Bradley S ^a   Reid, James D ^a   Wong, Patrick ^a   Wilcox, Pearce G ^a   Javer, Amin ^a   Wilson, Jennifer M ^a,b   Levy, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b British Columbia Transplant   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Case report; Cystic fibrosis; Lung transplant; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860467040     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/304179     Document Type: Article

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