Pseudomonas cepacia--fatal pulmonary infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis.

The Journal of infection ·Vol. 13 ·No. 2 ·1986-09-00 ·Pages 157-8

Glass S, Govan JR

Abstract

A 9-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) was admitted with an exacerbation of respiratory infection and subsequently died. At death Pseudomonas cepacia was cultured from her sputum, in large numbers, 10(7) colony forming units/ml.

MeSH Terms

Child Cystic Fibrosis/complications Female Humans Pseudomonas/isolation & purification Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology Sputum/microbiology

Authors & Affiliations

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Glass S

Govan J R

Article Info

Journal

The Journal of infection

Abbr.

J Infect

ISSN

0163-4453

DOI

10.1016/s0163-4453(86)92953-1

Published

1986-09-00

Pages

157-8

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

7908424

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(86)92953-1 View journal details

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