Months after receiving a lung transplant a patient with cystic fibrosis exhibits the following signs and symptoms:
Increasing dyspnea
Increased coughing with sputum production
Colonization with Pseudomonas species
The patient also appears to be in respiratory failure. Which of the following conditions is likely developing?

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In the majority of patients, bronchiolitis obliterans is a progressive disease manifested by increasing dyspnea, increased coughing with sputum production, colonization or infection with Pseudomonas species, and eventual respiratory failure and death.

Months After Receiving a Lung Transplant a Patient with Cystic