Talk:Burkholderia cepacia complex

Tobramycin resistance?

• I've removed the resistant to tobramycin statement from the article based on this recent paper:

"Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility of Burkholderia cepacia complex organisms when grown planktonically or as biofilm in vitro". Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007. doi:10.1007/s10096-007-0256-x. PMID 17265071.

"This study determined the antibiotic susceptibility of planktonic and biofilm cultures of Burkholderia cepacia complex organisms, a group of highly problematic pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis patients. The biofilm inhibitory concentrations were considerably higher than the corresponding minimum inhibitory concentrations for meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam. However, tobramycin and amikacin were efficacious against both biofilm and planktonic cultures. Overall this study showed that biofilm susceptibility testing might be more clinically appropriate for determining antibiotic therapy for Burkholderia cepacia complex infections in cystic fibrosis patients."

-- MarcoTolo 03:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Acne medicine

I'm not sure how this might fit into the article, but some acne medication was shipped contaminated with B. cepacia. See the below press release, from http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/csi11_08.html

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- GALLATIN, TN, November 13, 2008 – CSI, USA, Inc. issued a voluntary nationwide consumer product recall of all lots of 1 ounce (28 g) tubes of 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Cream with the following names: "DG Maximum Strength Acne Medicated Gel" (sold at Dollar General); "Kroger Acne Gel 10% Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Medication" (sold at Kroger); and "Equate: Medicated Acne Gel" (sold at Wal-Mart).

These products are being recalled because samples of the products were found to contain bacteria identified as "Burkholderia Cepacia," formerly known as Pseudomonas Cepacia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jpbrody (talk • contribs) 06:10, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

B. cepacia

The term B. cepacia complex is not synonymous with B. cepacia as indicated at the start of the article. B. cepacia is in fact a species of the Burkholderia genus, whereas Bcc refers to a cohort of closely related Burkholderia species, of which B. cepacia is just one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bcc science (talk • contribs) 08:44, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

The same issue is also currently present in the infobox: the type strain, Binomial authority, and synonym information only apply to B. c, not the whole complex. Artoria2e5 🌉 09:21, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

One way to solve it would be to add a taxonomy section where we list all the species in the complex and explain why they are lumped together. Under taxonomy we get a section called B. cepacia and put the infobox there. On that front, PMID 34650530, 32131884, 37526960 could help. I would also recommend reviewing all uses of B. c. in the article and figure out whether it's talking about the complex (s.l.) or the species. Medical people are not microbial taxonomists, so some deviation from the sources is expected. --Artoria2e5 🌉 09:27, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

Add PMID 32295766 to the list. This article is useful for a citation for a long list of things it's resistant to (yes, you, iodine). It has some other useful stuff for the ontology mess we're in too, but my head is killing me. And now my throat too? What? --Artoria2e5 🌉 11:04, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Issue in continuity: non-lactose fermenting vs. lactose-fermenting

In the introduction, it states that B. cepacia is a non-lactose-fermenting bacteria, but in the third section it states that if you culture the bacteria with a pH sensor, a color change will occur, indicating that it is fermenting lactose. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.61.17.57 (talk) 15:55, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Added recall notice of benzalkonium chloride swabs and antiseptic wipes

Not for the recall information per se, more to provide information that the organism is able to tolerate benzalkonium chloride.Wzrd1 (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

BCC that do not ferment lactose turn the pH indicator yellow

Usually in other culture media that contain lactose, the LF organisms will change the color due to acid production. How is yellow color produced in case of BCC NLF strains? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.57.215.204 (talk) 06:02, 5 November 2014 (UTC)