Burkholderia species infection in a dairy goat

Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia) or previously known as Pseudomonas cepacia is a plant pathogen, gram-negative, non-spore forming, aerobic bacilli (Mahenthiralingam et al., 2008) that resides in river sediments, soil particularly the plant rhizospheres (Berriatua et al., 2001). This bacteria is known collectively as the B. cepacia complex (BCC) comprising of related species or genomovars and acquire intrinsic resistance to most clinically useful antibiotics (Valvano et al., 2005). Despite the useful properties as effective biological control agents in agriculture, strains of this bacterial complex have been acknowledged to be important pathogens in patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF). It has been also demonstrated that B. cepacia complex capable to cause nosocomial infection among immunocompromised patients without cystic fibrosis (LiPuma et al., 2002Ramette et al., 2005). Several studies have also shown that B. cepacia was responsible with the spoilage of foods such as raw drycured Parma ham (Blanco et al., 1994) and raw unpasteurised milk thus increasing risk of gastrointestinal infection among patients with CF (Moore et al., 2001). (Copied From Article