Cross infection between cystic fibrosis patients colonised with Burkholderia cepacia.

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Whilst patient to patient spread of the respiratory pathogen Burkholderia cepacia is well recognised between patients with cystic fibrosis, prompting a strict segregation policy, cross colonisation between cystic fibrosis patients already infected with B cepacia has not been described and surveys show a very low incidence of patients with more than one strain. Five adult cystic fibrosis patients with B cepacia...

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