Cystic fibrosis

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder characterized by the production of sweat with a high salt content and mucus secretions with an abnormal viscosity.

Brain abscess

A collection of pus, immune cells, and other material in the brain.


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PMID (PMCID)
30892778
 FEMALE Adult
Successful ceftazidime-avibactam treatment of post-surgery Burkholderia multivorans genomovar II bacteremia and brain abscesses in a young lung transplanted woman with cystic fibrosis.
Dacco V, Claut L, Piconi S, Castellazzi L, Garbarino F, Teri A, Colombo C.
Transpl Infect Dis. 2019;21(3):e13082.
Successful ceftazidime-avibactam treatment of post-surgery Burkholderia multivorans genomovar II bacteremia and brain abscesses in a young lung transplanted woman with cystic fibrosis.
7774344
 FEMALE Child
Brain abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a child with cystic fibrosis.
Gershan WM, Rusakow LS, Henrickson KJ, Splaingard ML.
Chest. 1994;106(2):601-3.
Brain abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a child with cystic fibrosis.
7774344
 FEMALE Child
Brain abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a child with cystic fibrosis.
Gershan WM, Rusakow LS, Henrickson KJ, Splaingard ML.
Chest. 1994;106(2):601-3.
To our knowledge, this is the youngest child with cystic fibrosis and a brain abscess, and the first documented case caused by a fungus.
8090610
 MALE
Cerebral abscess as a complication of cystic fibrosis.
Cooper DM, Russell LE, Henry RL.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 1994;17(6):390-2.
Two male patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), both 18 years old, developed frontal lobe brain abscesses.
381618
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Brain abscess and cystic fibrosis.
Fischer EG, Shwachman H, Wepsic JG.
J Pediatr. 1979;95(3):385-8.
Brain abscess has only recently been considered a complication of cystic fibrosis.
381618
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Brain abscess and cystic fibrosis.
Fischer EG, Shwachman H, Wepsic JG.
J Pediatr. 1979;95(3):385-8.
As patients with cystic fibrosis survive into adulthood, the risk of developing a brain abscess appears to increase.
420599
 MALE Adult
Cystic fibrosis with brain abscess.
Duffner PK, Cohen ME.
Arch Neurol. 1979;36(1):27-8.
A 21-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis developed bilateral brain abscesses due to anaerobic Streptococcus.