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Impact of High Diversity of Achromobacter Populations within Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Samples on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jan 2017
Dupont Chloé, Jumas-Bilak Estelle, Michon Anne-Laure, Chiron Raphaël, Marchandin Hélène
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Chronic colonization by opportunistic environmental bacteria is frequent in the airways of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Studies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution during persistence have highlighted the emergence of pathoadaptive genotypes and phenotypes, leading to complex and diversified inpatient colonizing populations also observed at the intraspecimen level. Such diversity, including heterogeneity in...
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