Successful treatment of cepacia syndrome with a combination of intravenous cyclosporin, antibiotics and oral corticosteroids

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 458-460

  Gilchrist, Francis J ^a   Webb, A Kevin ^a   Bright Thomas, Rowland J ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia complex; Cepacia syndrome; Cystic fibrosis; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; INFUSION FLUID; MEROPENEM; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CEPACIA SYNDROME; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; EAR LOBE; FEVER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOLOGY; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYCLOSPORINE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; MALE; NECROSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SPUTUM; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866173004     PISSN: 15691993     EISSN: 18735010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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