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Genetic features of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates associated with eye infections referred to Farabi Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
International ophthalmology - 1 Jul 2019
Doustdar Farahnoosh, Karimi Fatemeh, Abedinyfar Zohreh, Amoli Fahimeh Asadi, Goudarzi Hossein
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BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas is the most common cause of microbial keratitis especially in people who use contact lens. The virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in different eye infections is associated with different virulence factors . METHODS: In this study, 54 P. aeruginosa isolates including 39 isolates from keratitis and 15 isolates from conjunctivitis were evaluated for their ability to form biofilm, production...
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