Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 133-134, June 2004

‘Cepacia syndrome’ with Burkholderia multivorans, 9 years after initial colonization

Regional Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Unit, St. James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, LS9 7TF, Leeds, UK

Received 10 June 2003; accepted 17 March 2004.

Abstract 

A 16-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis developed ‘cepacia syndrome’ 9 years after the first isolation of Burkholderia multivorans. It is important to recognise that ‘cepacia syndrome’ is not restricted to those infected with genomovar type III strains and that rapid, irreversible clinical decline can occur many years after the 1st isolation of Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc).

Keywords:  Cystic fibrosis, Burkholderia cepacia

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PII: S1569-1993(04)00048-7

doi:10.1016/j.jcf.2004.03.007

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 133-134, June 2004

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