title: Molecular typing of, and distribution of genetic markers among, Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from Brazil.
abstract: PCR tests were used to assign genomovar status to 39 non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) and 11 CF Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates from patients in hospitals in Recife, Brazil. Non-CF isolates were assigned to genomovar IIIA (71.8%), genomovar I (15.4%), B. vietnamiensis (7.7%), and B. multivorans (5.1%). CF isolates were assigned to genomovar IIIA (18.2%), B. vietnamiensis (18.2%), and genomovar I (9.1%). Six CF isolates sharing recA PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns could not be assigned to a genomovar. 16S rDNA sequence obtained from these isolates indicated a closest relationship to B. anthina, but the recA sequence was equally divergent from several genomovars. PCR screening indicated the presence of cblA in only two isolates, whereas the B. cepacia epidemic strain marker was found in 22 of 28 genomovar IIIA isolates. A type III secretion gene was detected in all but genomovar I isolates. RAPD and PCR-RFLP assays, targeting both recA and fliC, indicated a large amount of genetic variability among the isolates, with many novel patterns being observed. Nine genomovar IIIA isolates from different non-CF patients and clinical sources had identical genotypes, indicating the presence of a common clone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Detsika
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Corkill
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Kerry J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Glendinning
authors.forename: C Anthony
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Winstanley
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D001938:Brazil; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D005408:Flagellin; D011938:Rec A Recombinases