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Molecular typing and colonization patterns of Aspergillus fumigatus in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 Mar 2009
de Valk Hanneke A, Klaassen Corné H W, Yntema Jan-Bart, Hebestreit Alexandra, Seidler Marc, Haase Gerhard, Müller Frank-Michael, Meis Jacques F G M
Abstract excerpt
Aspergillus fumigatus is a chronic colonizer of the respiratory tract of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). A total of 204 A. fumigatus isolates from 36 CF patients from three different medical centers, collected over a period of four months till 9.5 years, were genotyped using the short tandem repeat panel for A. fumigatus (STRAf assay). Four different colonization patterns were observed. Colonization patterns...
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