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Genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from lung transplant recipients and aquatic environment-detected in-hospital transmission.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Feb 2014
Johansson Ewa, Welinder-Olsson Christina, Gilljam Marita
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Lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is common in lung transplant recipients and may lead to severe complications. Bacteriological surveillance aims to detect transmission of microbes between hospital environment and patients. We sought to determine whether genotyping of P. aeruginosa isolates could improve identifications of pathways of infection. From 2004 to 2009, we performed genotyping with...
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