Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 267-273 , July 2007

Burkholderia gladioli: Five year experience in a cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation center

  • Marcus P. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Unit 403, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 7135634251; fax: +1 7137944922.
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  • Raymond D. Coakley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Scott H. Donaldson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Robert M. Aris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Kathy Hohneker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Joel P. Wedd

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Michael R. Knowles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • Peter H. Gilligan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA
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  • James R. Yankaskas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7030, USA

Received 26 August 2006 ,Revised 12 October 2006 ,Accepted 19 October 2006.

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☆ Supported by NIH-RR00046 and U54RR019480.

☆☆ An abstract of this paper was presented at the American College of Chest Physicians Chest Conference, Montreal, October 2005. Burkholderia gladioli: Five Year Experience in a Cystic Fibrosis Referral and Lung Transplantation Center. Kennedy MP, Coakley RD, Donaldson SH, Aris RM, Hohneker K, Olson E, Neuringer IP, Gilligan PH Knowles MR and Yankaskas JR. Chest 2005. 124; 4: S152.

PII: S1569-1993(06)00132-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2006.10.007

Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 267-273 , July 2007

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