| burkholderia cepacia complex epidemiology in persons with cystic fibrosis from australia and new zealand. | the burkholderia cepacia complex (bcc) is a group of significant opportunistic respiratory pathogens which affect people with cystic fibrosis. in this study, we sought to ascertain the epidemiology and geographic species distribution of 116 bcc isolates collected from people with cf in australia and new zealand. we performed a combination of reca-based pcr, amplified rdna restriction analysis (ardra), pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and repetitive extragenic palindromic pcr on each isolate. eac ... | 2008 | 18356026 |