A rare case of community acquired Burkholderia cepacia infection presenting as pyopneumothorax in an immunocompetent individual.
10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60215-3
- Author:
Suman S KARANTH
1
;
Hariharan REGUNATH
;
Kiran CHAWLA
;
Mukhyaprana PRABHU
Author Information
1. Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Agriculturist;
Burkholderia cepacia;
Community acquired;
Immunocompetent;
Pyopneumothorax
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
therapeutic use;
Azithromycin;
therapeutic use;
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid;
microbiology;
Burkholderia Infections;
diagnosis;
drug therapy;
transmission;
Burkholderia cepacia;
drug effects;
isolation & purification;
Ceftazidime;
therapeutic use;
Ceftizoxime;
therapeutic use;
Community-Acquired Infections;
diagnosis;
drug therapy;
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial;
Humans;
Immunocompetence;
India;
Male;
Pneumothorax;
complications
- From:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
2012;2(2):166-168
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) infection is rarely reported in an immunocompetent host. It is a well known occurence in patients with cystic fibrosis and chronic granulomatous disease where it increases both morbidity and mortality. It has also been included in the list of organisms causing nosocomial infections in an immunocompetent host, most of them transmitted from the immunocompromised patient in which this organism harbors. We report a rare case of isolation of B. cepacia from the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of an immunocompetent agriculturist who presented with productive cough and fever associated with a pyopneumothorax. This is the first case of community acquired infection reported in an immunocompetent person in India.
