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Burkholderia cepacia complex infection in a cohort of Italian patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) - 1 Jun 2007
Lambiase Antonietta, Raia Valeria, Stefani Stefania, Sepe Angela, Ferri Pasqualina, Buonpensiero Paolo, Rossano Fabio, Del Pezzo Mariassunta
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The aims of this study were to detect Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) strains in a cohort of Cystic Fibrosis patients (n=276) and to characterize Bcc isolates by molecular techniques. The results showed that 11.23% of patients were infected by Bcc. Burkholderia cenocepacia lineage III-A was the most prevalent species (64.3%) and, of these, 10% was cblA positive and 50% esmR positive. Less than half of the...
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