Open AccessPrevalence of Burkholderia species, including members of Burkholderia cepacia complex, among UK cystic and non-cystic fibrosis patients
Author(s) -
D. Kenna,
Daniel Lilley,
Amy Coward,
Kate Martin,
Claire Perry,
Rachel Pike,
Robert L. Hill,
Jane F. Turton
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000458
Subject(s) - burkholderia cepacia complex , burkholderia cenocepacia , multilocus sequence typing , microbiology and biotechnology , burkholderia , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , biology , cystic fibrosis , genotype , genetics , bacteria , gene
We aimed to establish the prevalence of different Burkholderia species among UK cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF patients over a 2 year period.