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Application of different genotyping methods for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a setting of endemicity in an intensive care unit.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1999
Speijer H, Savelkoul P H, Bonten M J, Stobberingh E E, Tjhie J H
Abstract excerpt
Colonization with Pseudomonas aeruginosa was studied by taking serial swab specimens from the oropharynges and anuses and tracheal and gastric aspirates from patients in an intensive care unit during a 10-month period in a setting of endemicity. Nineteen (10%) of the 192 patients included in the study were colonized on admission, while another 30 (16%) patients acquired P. aeruginosa while in the hospital. Typing...
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