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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2013; 03(02): 100-101
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703663
Case Report

CAVITY IN THE LUNG: A RARE CASE OF BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION

Suresh G.
1   Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka
,
Rama Prakasha S.
2   Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka
,
Giridhar B. H.
3   Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka
,
Shama Prakash K.
4   Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, K. S. Hegde Medical Academy, Nitte University, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka
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Abstract

An elderly patient was evaluated for fever and cough of three weeks duration. Chest X-ray revealed a thin walled cavity in the right parahilar region. Sputum Acid Fast Bacilli was negative and sputum culture has grown multidrug resistant Burkholderia Cepacia sensitive to carbapenams only. This is a rare case report of community acquired B. Cepacia infection in an individual wherein the clinical presentation was mimicking smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, but the patient has shown a complete clinical and radiological response to imipenam.

Keywords

Berkholderia cepacia - Immunocompetent - Pneumonia


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27 April 2020

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