Čes-slov Pediat 2023, 78(5):251-253 | DOI: 10.55095/CSPediatrie2023/041
Burkholderia cepacia complex infections in patients with cystic fibrosis: detection and containment of the outbreakShort News
- Ústav lékařské mikrobiologie, 2. lékařská fakulta, Univerzita Karlova a Fakultní nemocnice Motol, Praha
Bacteria from the Burkholderia cepacia complex cause severe lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). The risk of epidemic spread of the infection led the CF centres to implement strict isolation precautions. Furthermore, it was imperative to identify the microbial agent correctly and timely which was made possible thanks to the methods of molecular microbiology. No new Burkholderia cenocepacia infections, caused by the ST-32 strain which had been responsible for a large outbreak in 1990s, were diagnosed in the Czech Republic in the last ten years.
Keywords: Burkholderia cepacia complex, cystic fibrosis, epidemic strain
Published: August 1, 2023 Show citation
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