Superinfection with a transmissible strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in adults with cystic fibrosis chronically colonised by P aeruginosa.

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Infection with transmissible strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa can occur in uncolonised patients, but cross infection (superinfection) of patients already colonised withP aeruginosa has not been reported. With genotypic identification, we found superinfection by a multiresistant transmissible strain of P aeruginosa in four patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who were already colonised by unique strains of P...

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