Burkholderia cepacia-contaminated dentures possibly cause pneumonia

We report a case in which a patient was suspected of developing pneumonia due to wearing dentures that were immersed in a storage solution contaminated with 3.0 × 108 colony-forming units (cfu)/mL of Burkholderia cepacia. It is highly possible that the contaminated denture solution entered the trach...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Noriyasu Morikage, Shigeharu Oie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Water and Health
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Online Access:http://jwh.iwaponline.com/content/21/6/826