| burkholderia cepacia complex infection in italian patients with cystic fibrosis: prevalence, epidemiology, and genomovar status. | the prevalence, epidemiology, and genomovar status of burkholderia cepacia complex strains recovered from italian cystic fibrosis (cf) patients were investigated using genetic typing and species identification methods. four cf treatment centers were examined: two in sicily, one in central italy, and one in northern italy. b. cepacia complex bacteria were isolated from 59 out of 683 cf patients attending these centers (8.6%). for the two geographically related treatment centers in sicily, there w ... | 2001 | 11474009 |