Use of selective medium for Burkholderia cepacia isolation in respiratory samples from cystic fibrosis patients Uso de meio seletivo para identificação de cepas de Burkholderia cepacia em amostras de trato respiratório de pacientes portadores de fibrose cística

Use of selective medium for Burkholderia cepacia isolation in respiratory samples from cystic fibrosis patients Uso de meio seletivo para identificação de cepas de Burkholderia cepacia em amostras de trato respiratório de pacientes portadores de fibrose cística

Burkholderia cepacia colonizes cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We evaluated the impact of the use of a selective medium in the rate of B. cepacia recovery from respiratory samples of CF patients. During a 6-month period, respiratory samples were collected from 106 CF patients and cultivated on select...

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Main Authors: Luiz V.F. da SILVA FILHO, Luciana de F. VELLOSO, Christina N.O. BENTO, Edelyn GYTIN, Adriana F. TATENO, José E. LEVI, Joaquim C. RODRIGUES, Sonia R.T.S. RAMOS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2002-07-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Burkholderia cepacia
Selective medium
Cystic fibrosis
Sputum
Genomovars
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