EnvironmentalBurkholderia cepaciaComplex Isolates from Human Infections
Open Access
- 1 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (3), 458-461
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1303.060403
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.Keywords
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