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Pseudomonas aeruginosa population structure revisited.
PloS one - 13 Nov 2009
Pirnay Jean-Paul, Bilocq Florence, Pot Bruno, Cornelis Pierre, Zizi Martin, Van Eldere Johan, Deschaght Pieter, Vaneechoutte Mario, Jennes Serge, Pitt Tyrone, De Vos Daniel
Abstract excerpt
At present there are strong indications that Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits an epidemic population structure; clinical isolates are indistinguishable from environmental isolates, and they do not exhibit a specific (disease) habitat selection. However, some important issues, such as the worldwide emergence of highly transmissible P. aeruginosa clones among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and the spread and...
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