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Epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia complex colonisation in cystic fibrosis patients
1 Jun 2004
Abstract excerpt
In Belgian cystic fibrosis (CF) clinics, sputum samples are evaluated on selective MAST medium routinely every 3 months. In this study, in 1993 and 1999, isolates were further examined by recA restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic DNA restricted with SpeI. In 1993, 12 patients were colonised with Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc): B. cenocepacia (n=6),...
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