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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1993-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/829573
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