| infection with burkholderia cepacia complex genomovars in patients with cystic fibrosis: virulent transmissible strains of genomovar iii can replace burkholderia multivorans. | infection with burkholderia cepacia complex in patients with cystic fibrosis (cf) results in highly variable clinical outcomes. the purpose of this study was to determine if there are genomovar-specific disparities in transmission and disease severity. b. cepacia complex was recovered from 62 patients with cf on > or =1 occasions (genomovar iii, 46 patients; genomovar ii [b. multivorans], 19 patients; genomovar iv [b. stabilis], 1 patient; genomovar v [b. vietnamiensis], 1 patient; and an unclas ... | 2001 | 11588691 |