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Genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals high diversity, stability over time and good outcome of eradication.
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society - 1 May 2015
Johansson E, Welinder-Olsson C, Gilljam M, Pourcel C, Lindblad A
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BACKGROUND: Genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.a) is used for surveillance at our CF clinic. METHODS: P.a from 1999 to 2012 were analysed, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA). RESULTS: Among 232 isolates from 104 patients, we identified 78 unique strains, of which 56 were isolated from individual patients. The B-clone was isolated...
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