Thermo Scientific™ Burkholderia Cepacia Agar w/Ticarcillin, Polymyxin B

Description

• Isolate Burkholderia cepacia from respiratory secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis with Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Burkholderia Cepacia Agar w/Ticarcillin, Polymyxin B
• The slower growing B
• cepacia can be missed on conventional media, such as blood or MacConkey Agar, due to overgrowth caused by other faster growing organisms found in the respiratory tract of CF patients
• This may lead to the infection being missed or wrongly diagnosed
• Burkholderia Cepacia Agar facilitates recovery of B
• cepacia complex from respiratory specimens
• Burkholderia cepacia (formerly known as Pseudomonas cepacia ) is a motile aerobic oxidase positive Gram-negative bacillus commonly found in liquid reservoirs and moist environments
• The cells are 0.5 to 1.0mm wide and 5mm in length
• It is an important opportunistic pathogen and causes pulmonary infection among individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF)
• Burkholderia Cepacia Agar Base is based on PC Medium originally devised by Gilligan et al
• to facilitate recovery of Burkholderia cepacia complex in the sputa of CF patients
• Typical Burkholderia cepacia colonies are circular and sage green, the medium turning from straw-green to bright pink during incubation
• All colonies should be further identified and confirmed
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