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Genetic similarity of Burkholderia cenocepacia from cystic fibrosis patients.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Pretto Luana, de-Paris Fernanda, Mombach Pinheiro Machado Alice Beatriz, Francisco Martins Andreza, Barth Afonso Luís
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia cenocepacia may cause serious infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, and this microorganism can be highly transmissible. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is widely used to study the dynamics of strain spread in cystic fibrosis patients. The aim of this work was to perform pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-based molecular typing of B. cenocepacia isolates to evaluate the epidemiology of this...
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