Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Acquired in Brazil | Zendy

Afonso Luís Barth | Zendy; Fernando Antônio de Abreu e Silva | Zendy; Anneliese Hoffmann | Zendy; Maria Izolete Vieira | Zendy; Alexandre Prehn Zavascki | Zendy; Alex Guerra Ferreira | Zendy; Luiz Gonzaga da Cunha | Zendy; Rodolpho Mattos Albano | Zendy; Elizabeth de Andrade Marques | Zendy

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Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Acquired in Brazil

Author(s) -

Afonso Luís Barth,

Fernando Antônio de Abreu e Silva,

Anneliese Hoffmann,

Maria Izolete Vieira,

Alexandre Prehn Zavascki,

Alex Guerra Ferreira,

Luiz Gonzaga da Cunha,

Rodolpho Mattos Albano,

Elizabeth de Andrade Marques

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01386-07

Subject(s) - burkholderia pseudomallei , cystic fibrosis , burkholderia , sputum , melioidosis , fibrosis , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , burkholderia cepacia complex , immunology , pathology , biology , bacteria , tuberculosis , genetics

Burkholderia pseudomallei is rarely isolated from cystic fibrosis patients outside known areas of endemicity. We report the recovery of B. pseudomallei from the sputum of a cystic fibrosis patient who lives in Brazil. We highlight the importance of careful attention to unusual nonfermentative gram-negative rods in cystic fibrosis patients.

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