Environmental Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in human infections
- Baldwin, Adam
- Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar
- Drevinek, Pavel
- Vandamme, Peter
- Govan, John R.
- Waine, David J.
- LiPuma, John J.
- Chiarini, Luigi
- Dalmastri, Claudia
- Henry, Deborah A.
- Speert, David P.
- Honeybourne, David
- Maiden, Martin C. J.
- Dowson, Chris G.
Publication date
March 2007
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Abstract
Members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), found in many environments, are associated with clinical infections. Examining diverse species and strains from different environments with multilocus sequence typing, we identified >20% of 381 clinical isolates as indistinguishable from those in the environment. This finding links the natural environment with the emergence of many Bcc infections
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