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Identification of Burkholderia cepacia isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis and use of a simple new selective medium.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 1997
Henry D A, Campbell M E, LiPuma J J, Speert D P
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated 819 isolates referred to us as "Burkholderia cepacia" from cystic fibrosis (CF) clinics and research laboratories from five countries; 28 (3.4%) were not B. cepacia. A further 12 (1.5%) organisms appeared to be other Burkholderia species, but identification could not be confirmed by conventional means. The most prevalently misidentified organisms were Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Alcaligenes...
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