Table 1.

Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from 21 patients over the period of chronic infection

Burkholderia cepacia complex species recovered from:		No. of patients
Initial samplea	Subsequent samples
B. contaminans	B. cenocepacia	4
B. cepacia	B. vietnamiensis	2
B. cenocepacia	B. contaminans,B. cenocepacia	2b
B. contaminans	B. contaminans	5c
B. contaminans	B. contaminans	8d

^aIdentification of the first available clinical isolates recovered from the patients with chronic infections.

^bA species different from the initial one was detected, and then, in later cultures, the initial species was found again, indicating probable species coinfection.

^cThe same BOX subtype was detected in subsequent cultures.

^dDifferent BOX subtype patterns were detected in subsequent sputum cultures.