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Widespread clone of Burkholderia cenocepacia in cystic fibrosis patients in the Czech Republic.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Drevinek Pavel, Vosahlikova Sarka, Cinek Ondrej, Vavrova Vera, Bartosova Jana, Pohunek Petr, Mahenthiralingam Eshwar
Abstract excerpt
The morbidity and mortality rates in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are significantly affected by infections with Burkholderia cepacia complex. In a Czech CF Centre, the prevalence of the infection reached up to 30 %, with the majority of patients found to be infected with Burkholderia cenocepacia (formerly genomovar III of the Burkholderia cepacia complex). Since B. cenocepacia is associated with...
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