Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2007)

Environmental Burkholderia cepacia Complex Isolates from Human Infections

  • Adam Baldwin,
  • Eshwar Mahenthiralingam,
  • Pavel Drevinek,
  • Peter Vandamme,
  • John R. Govan,
  • David J. Waine,
  • John J. LiPuma,
  • Luigi Chiarini,
  • Claudia Dalmastri,
  • Deborah A. Henry,
  • David P. Speert,
  • David Honeybourne,
  • Martin C. J. Maiden,
  • Chris G. Dowson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060403
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 458 – 458

Abstract

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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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