Extrapulmonary Abscess Formation due to Pseudomonas cepacia in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient
A 19-year-old immunocompetent cystic fibrosis patient with recurrent neck abscesses due to a multiresistant Pseudomonas cepacia is described. After 13 drainage procedures over a two-year period, a trial of interferon-gamma therapy to enhance monocyte function was attempted. The patient had one minor...
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| Main Authors: | Joanne M Langley, E Lee Ford-Jones, Derek C Armstrong, Ronald Gold, Stanley Read, Henry Levison |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1993-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/829573 |
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