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Genetic characterization indicates that a specific subpopulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is associated with keratitis infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Stewart Rosalind M K, Wiehlmann Lutz, Ashelford Kevin E, Preston Stephanie J, Frimmersdorf Eliane, Campbell Barry J, Neal Timothy J, Hall Neil, Tuft Stephen, Kaye Stephen B, Winstanley Craig
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common opportunistic bacterial pathogen that causes a variety of infections in humans. Populations of P. aeruginosa are dominated by common clones that can be isolated from diverse clinical and environmental sources. To determine whether specific clones are associated with corneal infection, we used a portable genotyping microarray system to analyze a set of 63 P. aeruginosa isolates...
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