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Genetic relatedness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates among a paediatric cystic fibrosis patient cohort in Ireland.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Logan Catriona, Habington Adele, Lennon Gráinne, Grogan Juanita, Byrne Margaret, O'Leary John, O'Sullivan Niamh
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the primary pathogens in the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Reports of the spread of epidemic or transmissible strains of P. aeruginosa within and across CF centres in Europe have raised concern regarding the possibility of clonal spread among and within CF centres in Ireland. P. aeruginosa isolates (313 isolates from 142 sputum...
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