Burkholderia cenocepacia vaginal infection in patient with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C.

ABSTRACT: We report a case of a vaginal infection caused by a strain of Burkholderia cenocepacia. The strain was isolated from vaginal swab specimens from a 68-year-old woman with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who was hospitalized for abdominal abscess. Treatment with piperacillin/tazobactam eliminated B. cenocepacia infection and vaginal symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Petrucca A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3328987 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature