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Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: cross-infection and the need for segregation.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Feb 2001
Tubbs D, Lenney W, Alcock P, Campbell C A, Gray J, Pantin C
Abstract excerpt
Evidence-based reasons for segregation of patients colonized with Pseudomonas aerugionsa in the outpatient setting are unclear. To clarify local decisions, Pseudomonas genotyping of the local environment, patients and patient contacts was undertaken in 1993. The hospital environment was re-swabbed in 1997. Pseudomonas genotyping of old and new patients attending the North Staffordshire cystic fibrosis clinic has...
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