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Case Reports
. 1986 Sep;13(2):157-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(86)92953-1.

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

S Glass, J R Govan
Case Reports

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

S Glass et al. J Infect. 1986 Sep.

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.

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