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Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from chronically infected children with cystic fibrosis in India.
BMC microbiology - 21 Jul 2005
Agarwal Gunjan, Kapil Arti, Kabra Susheel Kumar, Das Bimal Kumar, Dwivedi Sada Nand
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BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). With chronicity of infection, the organism resides as a biofilm, shows multi-drug resistance, diversifies its colony morphology and becomes auxotrophic. The patients have been found to be colonized with multiple genotypes. The present work was carried out to characterize P. aeruginosa isolated...
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