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Genotyping study of Scedosporium apiospermum isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2002
Defontaine Alain, Zouhair Rachid, Cimon Bernard, Carrère Jacqueline, Bailly Eric, Symoens Françoise, Diouri Mohammed, Hallet Jean-Noel, Bouchara Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Usually a saprophyte, Scedosporium apiospermum often colonizes the respiratory tracts of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). In order to improve our understanding of the molecular epidemiology of the airway colonization, 129 sequential and multiple isolates collected from January 1998 to March 1999 from nine CF patients monitored in three hospitals in France were typed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA...
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