Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of Burkholderia stabilis Clinical Contamination, Switzerland

Phenotypic and Genomic Analyses of Burkholderia stabilis Clinical Contamination, Switzerland

A recent hospital outbreak related to premoistened gloves used to wash patients exposed the difficulties of defining Burkholderia species in clinical settings. The outbreak strain displayed key B. stabilis phenotypes, including the inability to grow at 42°C; we used whole-genome sequencing to confir...

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Main Authors: Helena M.B. Seth-Smith, Carlo Casanova, Rami Sommerstein, Dominik M. Meinel, Mohamed M.H. Abdelbary, Dominique S. Blanc, Sara Droz, Urs Führer, Reto Lienhard, Claudia Lang, Olivier Dubuis, Matthias Schlegel, Andreas Widmer, Peter M. Keller, Jonas Marschall, Adrian Egli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bcc
Burkholderia
DNA
resistance
virulence
whole-genome sequencing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/6/17-2119_article

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