[Polymorphism of mucA and fpvA genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients: co-existence of genetically different variants].

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INTRODUCTION: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to colonize the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients (CF) in an adaptive process that results in the selection of a dominant strain through a process of genetic variation. METHODS: One hundred and twenty tree isolates of P. aeruginosa were sequentially recovered from 6 CF patients during the routine follow-up or exacerbations over periods of 2 to 12 years in the Ramon y...

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