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Investigate a nosocomial outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in pediatric patients without cystic fibrosis.

April 25, 2021The Turkish Journal of PediatricsOpen Access

Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia outbreaks among non-cystic fibrosis patients in the pediatric unit of a university hospital

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STSinan TüfekçiIzmir Kâtip Çelebi University BŞBirol ŞafakBalıkesir University BNBurçin NalbantoğluTekirdağ Namık Kemal University

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Outbreak investigation reveals clonal Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in non-cystic fibrosis pediatric patients, highlighting the need for rapid infection control.

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Investigate a nosocomial outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in pediatric patients without cystic fibrosis.
Evaluated clinical and microbiological data from 6 pediatric inpatients with suspected bacteremia at a university hospital.
Cultured blood samples on 5% sheep blood agar, chocolate agar, and eosin methylene blue agar while swabbing environmental clinic sites to trace infection sources.
Conducted pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to determine the genetic relatedness of the bacterial isolates.
Burkholderia cepacia complex was isolated from the blood cultures of six hospitalized pediatric patients following an initial index case.
Environmental samples from patient rooms and clinic sites were negative, but identical PFGE patterns across all clinical isolates confirmed a single common-source outbreak.

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Tüfekçi et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7220e7a528af2d65c451e9 https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjped.2021.02.005

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Outbreak investigation reveals clonal Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia in non-cystic fibrosis pediatric patients, highlighting the need for rapid infection control.

Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia outbreaks among non-cystic fibrosis patients in the pediatric unit of a university hospital

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Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia outbreaks among non-cystic fibrosis patients in the pediatric unit of a university hospital

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