Two novel clinical presentations of Burkholderia cepacia infection.
We report two cases of multidrug-resistant Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia genomovar I) and Burkholderia multivorans causing multiple liver abscesses in a patient with bronchial asthma (case 1) and peritonitis in a patient with cirrhosis and hepatitis C virus disease (case 2), respectively. Both patients were treated successfully.
Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebarely Rd., Lucknow, U.P., Pin 226014, India.
Chiranjoy
C
Mukhopadhyay
Anudita
A
Bhargava
Archana
A
Ayyagari
D019121:Burkholderia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications