BURKHOLDERIA (PSEUDOMONAS) CEPACIA AS A CAUSE OF BRAIN ABSCESSES SECONDARY TO CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS-MEDIA

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作者
HOBSON, R [1 ]
GOULD, I [1 ]
GOVAN, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV EDINBURGH,SCH MED,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,EDINBURGH EH8 9AG,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1007/BF01691499
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
摘要
A patient with a cholesteatoma secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media developed infective complications including cerebellar and cerebello-pontine abscesses. Burkholderia cepacia was isolated from ear swabs, infected tissue and surgical pus on five occasions over a six-month period, Despite exhibiting three different antibiotic susceptibility profiles, all five isolates were confirmed as clonally indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. To the best of the authors' knowledge there are no previous reports of Burkholderia cepacia causing infection of the adult central nervous system.
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