A sporadic outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital in coastal Karnataka, South India

• Main Authors: Beena Antony (Author), Elizabeth Varkey Cherian (Author), Rekha Boloor (Author), K Varadraj Shenoy (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) is a significant opportunistic pathogen in hospitalized and immunocompromised patients, particularly in cystic fibrosis. It is widely distributed in natural habitats such as soil and water and frequently encountered in nosocomial outbreaks due to contaminated disin...