Chronic infection of cystic fibrosis patient airways by a single clone of Burkholderia cepacia: replacement of non-mucoid to mucoid morphotype

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Autor(a) principal: Carvalho,Ana Paula D'Alincourt
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Ventura,Grasiella Maria de Carvalho, Folescu,Tânia Wrobel, D'Amoed,Renato Farme, Higa,Laurinda, Teixeira,Lucia Martins, Merquior,Vânia Lúcia Carreira, Marques,Elizabeth de Andrade
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822003000500014
Resumo: Mucoid Burkholderia cepacia morphotype emerged within a nine year follow-up of a cystic fibrosis patient. Clinical data suggested a linkage between the mucoid phenotype isolation and the deterioration of the patient's condition. Despite of the phenotypic variation, molecular typing showed that the patient was chronically infected with B. cepacia complex isolates belonging to a same genetic clone.