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Pseudomonas aeruginosa: antibiotic susceptibility and genotypic characterization of strains isolated in the intensive care unit.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2001
Bertrand X, Thouverez M, Patry C, Balvay P, Talon D
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A prospective study was carried out to assess the incidence and the local antibiotic susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intensive care units (ICUs) and to characterize cross-transmission by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as an epidemiologic tool. For this purpose, we screened surveillance cultures and routine clinical cultures from patients admitted to two adult ICUs during a 2-year period....
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