| an epidemic of burkholderia cepacia transmitted between patients with and without cystic fibrosis. | burkholderia cepacia is an important pathogen in cystic fibrosis (cf) and an infrequent cause of nosocomial infection in non-cf patients. this report describes a large hospital outbreak that appeared to involve both patient groups, a previously unrecognized phenomenon. ribotype restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) profiles and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-resolved macrochromosomal rflps were analyzed, a ribotype-based phylogenic tree was constructed, and case-control and cohort st ... | 1999 | 10191223 |