| pseudomonas (burkholderia) cepacia in children with cystic fibrosis: epidemiological investigation by analysis or restriction fragment length polymorphism. | since 1987, pseudomonas cepacia has been isolated with an increasing frequency in the expectorants of children with cystic fibrosis followed at the hôpital d'enfants armand trousseau (paris, france). colonization by p. cepacia may be responsible for serious secondary infections and rapid deterioration in respiratory function in these patients. among the 130 children attending our centre, 14 (8 girls and 6 boys) aged 3 to 18, exhibited chronic colonization. 132 isolates, originating from sputum o ... | 1996 | 8758491 |
| outbreak of burkholderia cepacia bacteremia in a pediatric hospital due to contamination of lipid emulsion stoppers. | we describe a 7-month outbreak of nosocomial burkholderia cepacia bacteremia involving eight children in a pediatric hospital and the results of epidemiological investigations. a b. cepacia strain genotypically identical to the blood isolates was recovered from the upper surface of capped rubber stoppers of bottles of a commercial lipid emulsion used for parenteral nutrition. | 2004 | 15131197 |
| one-year outcome after severe pulmonary exacerbation in adults with cystic fibrosis. | we retrospectively studied the outcomes of adult patients with cystic fibrosis (cf) hospitalized for severe pulmonary exacerbations (69 cases) between january 1997 and june 2001. cases were treated either in the pulmonary department (n = 46) or in the intensive care unit (icu) (n = 23) depending on severity. noninvasive mechanical ventilation was used in 61% (14 of 23) and 33% (15 of 46) of cases treated in the icu and the pulmonary department groups, respectively. invasive ventilation was neces ... | 2005 | 15502116 |