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High genetic diversity among Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains despite their originating at a single hospital.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2004
Valdezate Sylvia, Vindel Ana, Martín-Dávila Pilar, Del Saz Begoña Sánchez, Baquero Fernando, Cantón Rafael
Abstract excerpt
The levels of genetic relatedness of 139 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains recovered from 105 hospitalized non-cystic fibrosis patients (51% from medical wards, 35% from intensive care units, and 14% from surgical wards) and 7 environmental sources in the same hospital setting during a 4-year period were typed by the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) technique. A total of 99 well-defined distinct XbaI...
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