Pandoraea pulmonicola chronic colonization in a cystic fibrosis patient, France

S. Kokcha (1) , F. Bittar (2) , M. Gaubert (3, 4) , L. Mely (5) , C. Gomez (4) , J.-Y. Gaubert (6) , P. Thomas (7) , Jean-Marc Rolain (2)

1 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes
2 URMITE - Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes
3 Neuropsychologie cognitive et neuroanatomie fonctionnelles de la mémoire humaine
4 Hôpital Nord [CHU - APHM]
5 CRCM [Lyon] - Centre de Ressources et de Compétences en Mucoviscidose [Lyon]
6 IM2NP - Institut des Matériaux, de Microélectronique et des Nanosciences de Provence
7 Loughborough University

Pandoraea are considered emerging multidrug resistant pathogens in the context of cystic fibrosis. We report herein for the first time the case of a 30-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis, living in France, who was chronically infected with Pandoraea pulmonicola and who died of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis 3 weeks after bilateral lung transplantation.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; lung transplantation; multi-drug resistant bacteria; Pandoraea; pulmonary infection

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

S. Kokcha, F. Bittar, M. Gaubert, L. Mely, C. Gomez, et al.. Pandoraea pulmonicola chronic colonization in a cystic fibrosis patient, France. New Microbes and New Infections, 2013, 1 (2), pp.27 - 29. ⟨10.1002/2052-2975.16⟩. ⟨hal-01478609⟩