Lung transplantation for patients with cystic fibrosis and Burkholderia cepacia complex infection: a single-center experience.

Background: Pre-operative infection with organisms from the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC), particularly B cenocepacia, has been linked with a poorer prognosis after transplantation compared to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) without this infection. Therefore, many transplant centers do not list these patients for transplantation.

Methods: We report the early and long-term results of a cohort of lung transplant recipients with CF and pre-operative BCC infection.