“Cepacia syndrome” associated with Burkholderia cepacia (Genomovar I) infection in an adolescent with cystic fibrosis
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Edward F. Nash MRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK.Search for more papers by this authorAjit Thomas MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRichard Whitmill MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRifat Rashid MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorBethan Barker MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRosie J. Rayner FRCPCH
Department of Paediatrics, New Cross Hospital, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton, UK
Search for more papers by this authorJoanna L. Whitehouse FRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Honeybourne FRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Edward F. Nash MRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK.Search for more papers by this authorAjit Thomas MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRichard Whitmill MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRifat Rashid MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorBethan Barker MRCP (UK)
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorRosie J. Rayner FRCPCH
Department of Paediatrics, New Cross Hospital, Wednesfield Road, Wolverhampton, UK
Search for more papers by this authorJoanna L. Whitehouse FRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
Search for more papers by this authorDavid Honeybourne FRCP
West Midlands Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK
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