PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA SEPTICEMIA IN A YOUNG-ADULT WITH CYSTIC-FIBROSIS

We present a case of CF chronically colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa who developed septicaemia with this organism. Steroid therapy, diabetes mellitus or intrapulmonary haemorrhage, singly or in combination, may have contributed to the septicaemia. These factors operateincreasingly in the older CF population. Episodes of septicaemia may be more common than currently appreciated. Therefore, we recommend blood cultures in all febrile CF patients particularly those with complicated disease. © 1990, Baillière Tindall. All rights reserved.