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Lack of association between hypermutation and antibiotic resistance development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from intensive care unit patients.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2004
Gutiérrez Olivia, Juan Carlos, Pérez José L, Oliver Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Hypermutation is a common feature of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from chronically infected cystic fibrosis patients that is linked with antibiotic resistance development. In this work, using a large collection of sequential P. aeruginosa isolates from ICU patients, we found that despite the fact that mutational antibiotic resistance development is a frequent outcome, the prevalence of hypermutable strains is...
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