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Pseudomonas aeruginosa population biology in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Dec 2009
Rakhimova Elza, Wiehlmann Lutz, Brauer Aimee L, Sethi Sanjay, Murphy Timothy F, Tümmler Burkhard
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BACKGROUND: The role played by airway infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the course and pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not yet been resolved. We report on the molecular epidemiology and population biology of P. aeruginosa in COPD. METHODS: P. aeruginosa isolates collected from adults with COPD during a 10-year prospective study were genotyped in 56 binary marker loci of...
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