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Isolation of Burkholderia cenocepacia and Burkholderia vietnamiensis from human sewage.
International journal of environmental health research - 1 Apr 2009
McNeely Damian, Moore John E, Elborn J Stuart, Millar B Cherie, Rendall Jackie, Dooley James S G
Abstract excerpt
Fresh human sewage was examined from a sewage treatment plant for the presence of members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) of bacterial organisms and confirmed the presence of viable B. cenocepacia and B. vietnamiensis, by a combination of cultural, phenotypic and genotypic techniques. Both these organisms are important respiratory pathogens for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Presently, the survival...
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