Pandoraea pulmonicola chronic colonization in a cystic fibrosis patient, France.

ABSTRACT: Pandoraea are considered emerging multidrug resistant pathogens in the context of cystic fibrosis. We report herein for the first time the case of a 30-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis, living in France, who was chronically infected with Pandoraea pulmonicola and who died of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis 3 weeks after bilateral lung transplantation.

SUBMITTER: Kokcha S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4184697 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature