Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection in a Child With Cystic Fibrosis
| Autor: | Giuseppe Conidi, Kendra E. Stauffer, Brenda Torres, Brian O'Sullivan, Jay E. Gee, David D. Blaney, Theresa L. Smith, Sandra Smole, Cheryl Gauthier, Mindy B. Glass |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Western hemisphere Melioidosis biology Burkholderia pseudomallei business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Disease Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Cystic fibrosis El Niño Northern australia Immunology medicine Girl Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 140:239-242 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| Popis: | Melioidosis, an infection caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, is endemic to Southeast Asia and northern Australia but is only very rarely seen in patients in the United States. We report pulmonary B pseudomallei infection in a young girl with cystic fibrosis (CF) who had never traveled to Asia or Australia. Biochemical and epidemiologic investigation determined Aruba as the likely site of disease acquisition. This report highlights the ability of patients with CF to acquire this organism outside of Southeast Asia and describes an aggressive treatment regimen that has kept this patient culture-negative for the organism over a long period of time. |
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