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Emerg Infect Dis
; 10(11): 1957-9, 2004 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15550207
RESUMO
We report a case of a vaginal infection caused by a strain of Burkholderia cenocepacia. The strain was isolated from vaginal swab specimens from a 68-year-old woman with smoldering myeloma and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who was hospitalized for abdominal abscess. Treatment with piperacillin/tazobactam eliminated B. cenocepacia infection and vaginal symptoms.