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Herein we describe a series of non-respiratory Bcc infections, the risk factors and epidemiologic factors, in addition to the clinical course.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This is a retrospective chart review of 44 patients with documented\n                      <jats:italic>B. cepacia<\/jats:italic>\n                      infections isolated from sites other than the respiratory tract admitted between June 2005 and February 2020 to the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), a tertiary referral hospital for Lebanon and the Middle East region. The epidemiological background of these patients, their underlying risk factors, the used antibiotic regimens, and the sensitivities of the\n                      <jats:italic>B. cepacia<\/jats:italic>\n                      specimens were collected.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The majority of the Bcc infections (26\/44, 59.1%) were hospital-acquired infections. The most common nationality of the patients was Iraqi (18\/44, 40.9%), and the most common site of infection was bacteremia (17\/44, 38.6%), followed by skin and soft tissues infections (16\/44, 36.4%) and vertebral osteomyelitis (8\/44, 18.2%). Most of the isolated\n                      <jats:italic>B. cepacia<\/jats:italic>\n                      were susceptible to ceftazidime, carbapenems, followed by TMP-SMX. Patients responded well to therapy with good overall outcome.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Bcc can cause infections outside the respiratory tract, mostly as hospital-acquired infections and in immunocompromised patients. Most patients were referred from countries inflicted by wars raising the possibility of a potential role of conflicts which need to be investigated in future studies. 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