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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci > Burkholderiaceae > Burkholderia > Burkholderia cepacia complex > Burkholderia cepacia
... > Bacteria > Proteobacteria > Betaproteobacteria > Burkholderiales > Burkholderiaceae > Burkholderia > Burkholderia cepacia complex > Burkholderia cepacia

Preferred term

Burkholderia cepacia  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Pseudomonas cepacia
  • Pseudomonas kingii
  • Pseudomonas multivorans

Note

  • nosocomial & opportunistic; infection: coord IM with BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A species of BURKHOLDERIA considered to be an opportunistic human pathogen. It has been associated with various types of infections of nosocomial origin.

History note

  • 96; was PSEUDOMONAS CEPACIA 1992-95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016956

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