Abstract:
:We report for the first time 2 cases of multidrug-resistant Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315 isolated from blood samples of patients without cystic fibrosis from a pediatric unit in a hospital in India. The first patient presented with community-acquired bacteremia, and the second patient was immunocompromised and developed hospital-acquired infection approximately 17 days after admission. The isolates from both patients were multidrug-resistant and strong biofilm producers. Surveillance cultures identified the secondary sources of the infections, but not the primary sources.
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Am J Infect Controljournal_title
American journal of infection controlauthors
Satpute MG,Telang NV,Dhakephalkar PK,Niphadkar KB,Joshi SGdoi
10.1016/j.ajic.2010.10.034subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-05-01 00:00:00pages
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0196-6553issn
1527-3296pii
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