Recovery of Herbaspirillum species from persons with cystic fibrosis.
Herbaspirillum species are not known to be human pathogens. We report on the identification of Herbaspirillum from cultures from 28 persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). Most isolates were initially identified as members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex. Although the role that these species play in lung disease in persons with CF is not known, their differentiation from other species is important and has serious implications for clinical care and patient well-being.
Spilker
Theodore
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0646, USA.
Uluer
Ahmet Z
AZ
Marty
Francisco M
FM
Yeh
Wendy W
WW
Levison
Julie H
JH
Vandamme
Peter
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Lipuma
John J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D042602:Burkholderia cepacia complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D042803:Herbaspirillum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S