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Small-Colony Variants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis
1 Sept 1999
Abstract excerpt
In the context of chronic lung infection due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis (CF), attention has been focused on the presence of the most common mucoid phenotype. In this study, the presence of small-colony variants (SCVs) of P. aeruginosa in respiratory tract specimens from patients with CF was investigated, and the clinical conditions predisposing to SCVs were analyzed. P. aeruginosa SCVs were...
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