Burkholderia cepacia complex pdf

Best known previously as a phytopathogen and the cause of soft rot. Fda advises drug manufacturers that burkholderia cepacia. Antimicrobial susceptibility and synergy studies of burkholderia. Burkholderia cepacia complex an overview sciencedirect. Burkholderia cepacia complex bcc, or simply burkholderia cepacia, is a group of catalaseproducing, lactosenonfermenting, gramnegative bacteria composed of at least 20 different species, including b. Isolation of burkholderia cepacia complex genomovars from. The aim of this study was to develop a selective enrichment broth as an aid for the isolation of burkholderia cepacia complex bcc bacteria from wate. Burkholderia cepacia complex infection in an adult cystic fibrosis. Bacteria belonging to the burkholderia cepacia complex bcc are among the most important pathogens isolated from cystic fibrosis cf. These bacteria are highly antibioticresistant, and some strains can cause rapid and fatal necrotizing pneumonia. Successful treatment of persistent burkholderia cepacia complex. At the time burkholderia cepacia was designated as the type species for this new. Pdf the burkholderia cepacia complex is a group of nine closely related bacterial species that have useful properties in the natural.

Summary the increasing challenge posed by multiresistant saprophytes in medical microbiology is strikingly demonstrated by the emergence of burkholderia formerly pseudomonas cepacia as an opportunist pathogen in immunocompromised patients, particularly individuals with chronic granulomatous disease and cystic fibrosis cf. Accurate identification and epidemiological characterization of. Burkholderia cepacia refers to a group of bacteria that can cause infections in the body, most often infecting the lungs. Members of the burkholderia cepacia complex bcc, found in many environments, are associated with clinical infections. Burkholderia cepacia formerly pseudomonas cepacia was once thought to be a single bacterial species but has expanded to the burkholderia cepacia complex bcc, comprising 24 closely related. Learn about the characteristics of these bacteria and how to identify them. Burkholderia cepacia in healthcare settings hai cdc. Burkholderia cepacia burkholdereeuh sipaysheeuh also called b. Taxonomy and identification of the burkholderia cepacia. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of burkholderia cepacia complex.

Since the late 1970s, burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria have been recognized as particularly virulent. Review article burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. The burkholderia cepacia complex bcc consists of gramnegative nonglucosefermenting organisms frequently. Pdf on nov 1, 2001, tom coenye and others published taxonomy and identification of the burkholderia cepacia complex find, read and cite all the. Burkholderia cepacia complex have emerged as significant pathogens in cystic fibrosis cf patients due to the risk of cepacia syndrome and the innate.

Updated version of the burkholderia cepacia complex experimental strain panel. Dowson2 1 cardiff school of biosciences, cardiff university, main building, cardiff, uk. This chapter discusses the general characteristics of the bcc group. Pdf taxonomy and identification of the burkholderia. Environmental burkholderia cepacia complex isolates in. Updated version of the burkholderia cepacia complex experimental. Morphological differences of burkholderia cepacia complex bcc bacteria are.