Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C

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...

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Autores principales: Petrucca, Andrea, Cipriani, Paola, Sessa, Rosa, Teggi, Antonella, Pustorino, Rosalia, Santapaola, Daniela, Nicoletti, Mauro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550207
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040127
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author Petrucca, Andrea
Cipriani, Paola
Sessa, Rosa
Teggi, Antonella
Pustorino, Rosalia
Santapaola, Daniela
Nicoletti, Mauro
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-33289872012-04-18 Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C Petrucca, Andrea Cipriani, Paola Sessa, Rosa Teggi, Antonella Pustorino, Rosalia Santapaola, Daniela Nicoletti, Mauro Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3328987/ /pubmed/15550207 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040127 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Petrucca, Andrea
Cipriani, Paola
Sessa, Rosa
Teggi, Antonella
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Santapaola, Daniela
Nicoletti, Mauro
Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title_full Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title_fullStr Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title_full_unstemmed Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title_short Burkholderia cenocepacia Vaginal Infection in Patient with Smoldering Myeloma and Chronic Hepatitis C
title_sort burkholderia cenocepacia vaginal infection in patient with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis c
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3328987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15550207
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040127
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