Article
Transmission of Burkholderia cepacia complex: evidence for new epidemic clones infecting cystic fibrosis patients in Italy.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Campana S, Taccetti G, Ravenni N, Favari F, Cariani L, Sciacca A, Savoia D, Collura A, Fiscarelli E, De Intinis G, Busetti M, Cipolloni A, d'Aprile A, Provenzano E, Collebrusco I, Frontini P, Stassi G, Trancassini M, Tovagliari D, Lavitola A, Doherty C J, Coenye T, Govan J R W, Vandamme P
Abstract excerpt
To analyze national prevalence, genomovar distribution, and epidemiology of the Burkholderia cepacia complex in Italy, 225 putative B. cepacia complex isolates were obtained from 225 cystic fibrosis (CF) patients attending 18 CF centers. The genomovar status of these isolates was determined by a polyphasic approach, which included whole-cell protein electrophoresis and recA restriction fragment length...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Burkholderia Infections
- Burkholderia cepacia complex
- Clone Cells
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genotype