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The rise and the fall of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa endemic lineage in a hospital.
Microbial genomics - 1 Sept 2021
Petitjean Marie, Juarez Paulo, Meunier Alexandre, Daguindau Etienne, Puja Hélène, Bertrand Xavier, Valot Benoit, Hocquet Didier
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The biological features that allow a pathogen to survive in the hospital environment are mostly unknown. The extinction of bacterial epidemics in hospitals is mostly attributed to changes in medical practice, including infection control, but the role of bacterial adaptation has never been documented. We analysed a collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates belonging to the Besançon Epidemic Strain (BES),...
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