COMPARISON OF BURKHOLDERIA-CEPACIA STRAINS RECOVERED FROM CYSTIC-FIBROSIS PATIENTS TREATED IN THE SAME CF CENTER

Authors
AUTULY F DONNIO PY TANDE D PLESSIS P TUBERT J ROUSSEY M AVRIL JL
Citation
F. Autuly et al., COMPARISON OF BURKHOLDERIA-CEPACIA STRAINS RECOVERED FROM CYSTIC-FIBROSIS PATIENTS TREATED IN THE SAME CF CENTER, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 28(8-9), 1998, pp. 608-611
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
28
Issue
8-9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
608 - 611
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1998)28:8-9<608:COBSRF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) cepacia was recovered from sputum of 4 pati ents with cystic fibrosis, by using selective media. These patients we re all treated in the same CF Center at the Rennes Regional University Hospital, in 1993. A person-to-person transmission was suspected, and ribotyping of isolates was performed. These strains were compared to each other and to 9 strains from 2 other CF centers. 11 ribotypes were found. The ribotypes of the 4 strains from Rennes were all different. The results indicated that cross-infection did not occur between pati ents treated in the same center.