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Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hydropathic facility: diversity, susceptibility and imipenem resistance mutation.
Letters in applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2011
Pereira S G, Paixão J, Leitão R, Cardoso O
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AIMS: To detect Pseudomonas aeruginosa in water and treatment equipment biofilms of a thermae hydropathic facility and to study antibiotic susceptibility and genetic diversity. METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred and fifty-four planktonic isolates were obtained from 2220 water samples during 4 years. Seventy-two biofilm isolates were obtained from 23 samples of inner parts of three inhalation equipments. Antibiotic...
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