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. 2007 Mar;13(3):458-61.
doi: 10.3201/eid1303.060403.

Environmental Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in human infections

Adam Baldwin  1 , 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
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Environmental Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in human infections

Adam Baldwin et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Mar.

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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Proportion of sequence types (STs) within each Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) species from clinical, environmental, or both sources. The bar chart shows the proportion of STs derived from the environment (white), clinical (gray), and both sources (black shading). The total number of STs examined for each B. cepacia species is in parentheses.
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