Of onions and men: Report of cavitary community acquired pneumonia due to < em > Burkholderia cepacia < /em > complex in an immunocompetent patient and review of the literature.

We describe a case of an otherwise healthy, community-dwelling man who presented with subacute cavitary lung disease, the causative organism of which turned out to be Burkholderia cepacia complex.  Our report is accompanied by a review of the literature, which identified an additional eleven cases in the same category.  We analyze all of the available cases for the emergence of any identifiable patterns or peculiarities. PMID: 32959626 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Source Type: research