Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002
Research
Epidemiology of Burkholderia cepacia Complex in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Canada
Table 3
Regional prevalence of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients infected with Burkholderia cepacia complex and representation of their isolates in Canadian B. cepacia Research and Referral Repository, 1992-1997
Region of Canada | 1996 census, population, thousands | No. of CF patients, 1992-1997 | No. (%) of CF patients infected with B. cepacia complex | No. (%) of CF patients with samples of B. cepacia complex in repository |
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West | 8,816 | 975 | 117 (12) | 91 (78)a |
Ontario | 11,101 | 1293 | 285 (22) | 241 (85) |
Quebec | 7,274 | 1088 | 55 (5) | 16 (29) |
East | 2,381 | 405 | 103 (25) | 27 (26) |
aArchived samples from the main study center have been excluded here to provide comparative regional estimates.
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