First cases of Burkholderia cenocepacia IIIA neonatal sepsis in Central African Republic

Autor: Thierry Frank, Julita Gil-Cuesta, Jean Robert Mbecko, Hugues Sanke, Chantal Lakis, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, Alain Berlioz-Arthaud
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 36, Iss 330 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.330.24512
Popis: Bacteria of the Burkholderia cepaciai complex cause frequent infections in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients, with a significant mortality rate. Phenotypic identification of those bacteria is difficult and therefore rarely reported from developing countries. This study presents the first ever reported case series of Burkholderia cenocepacia neonatal sepsis in Central African Republic. It demonstrates the superiority of molecular methods to accurately identify B. cenocepacia III A species compared to the phenotypic methods.
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