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Case Report

Korean J Pediatr. 2007;50(1):89-94. Published online January 15, 2007.

A case of lung abscess caused by Burkholderia cepacia in healthy child

Jung Hwa JH Lee¹, So Hee SH Lee¹, Seong Jin SJ Hong¹, Young Chil YC Choi², Eun Gu EG Hwang³

¹Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea
²Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea
³Departments of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery, School of Medicine, Konkuk University, Chungju, Korea

Correspondence Seong Jin SJ Hong ,Email: sjhong@kuk.ca.kr

Abstract

Burkholderia cepacia is a Gram-negative aerobic bacillus known to cause opportunistic infections in the immune-compromised hosts. This microorganism is strongly virulent and causes a necrotising invasive infection that may lead to death. As B. cepacia is highly resistant to various antimicrobials, combination antimicrobial therapy must be used instead of monotherapy. We report a successful treatment of lung abscess that was naturally caused by B. cepacia in a healthy child, through combination antimicrobial therapy of meropenem and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and operative management.

Keywords :Burkholderia cepacia , Lung abscess