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| Year : 2020 | Volume
: 38
| Issue : 3 | Page : 496-499 |
Burkholderia vietnamiensis causing a non-lactational breast abscess in a non-cystic fibrosis patient in Tamil Nadu, India
Anusha Rohit1, M Shraddha Rani2, N Suresh Anand3, Cynthia Chellappa3, P Mohanapriya1, Indrani Karunasagar2, Iddya Karunasagar2, Vijaya Kumar Deekshit2
1 Department of Microbiology, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Division of Infectious Diseases, Nitte University Center for Science Education and Research, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Breast Surgery, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Vijaya Kumar Deekshit
Nitte University Center for Science Education and Research, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Kotekar Beeri Road, Paneer Campus, Deralakatte, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_20_329
Burkholderia cepacia complex is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen usually found in people with an immunocompromised condition such as cystic fibrosis (CF). In a tropical country like India, this organism has been associated with a number of hospital-acquired infections including sepsis. We present here a report of a case of Burkholderia vietnamiensis causing a non-lactational breast abscess in a non-CF patient. The pathogen was identified as B. cepacia using Vitek system and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation–time of flight. This was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using recA genus-specific gene and sequencing of the PCR amplicons. recA-restriction fragment length polymorphism and recA gene sequencing revealed that the isolate is B. vietnamiensis. This is the first description of B. vietnamiensis isolated from a clinical case from India.
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