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Pseudomonas aeruginosa phenotypes associated with eradication failure in children with cystic fibrosis.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Sept 2014
Mayer-Hamblett Nicole, Ramsey Bonnie W, Kulasekara Hemantha D, Wolter Daniel J, Houston Laura S, Pope Christopher E, Kulasekara Bridget R, Armbruster Catherine R, Burns Jane L, Retsch-Bogart George, Rosenfeld Margaret, Gibson Ronald L, Miller Samuel I, Khan Umer, Hoffman Lucas R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a key respiratory pathogen in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Due to its association with lung disease progression, initial detection of P. aeruginosa in CF respiratory cultures usually results in antibiotic treatment with the goal of eradication. Pseudomonas aeruginosa exhibits many different phenotypes in vitro that could serve as useful prognostic markers, but the...
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