Mixed morphotype testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures from cystic fibrosis patients.

doi:10.1099/00222615-42-3-220

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Mixed morphotype testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultures from cystic fibrosis patients.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 1995

Wolter J M, Kotsiou G, McCormack J G

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Bronchial secretions of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) inevitably become colonised with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This organism often exhibits multiple phenotypes with different antibiotic susceptibility profiles. Isolating each colonial morphotype and determining its antibiotic susceptibility...

Topics

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carrier State
Cystic Fibrosis
Humans
Linear Models
Phenotype
Pseudomonas Infections
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Sputum

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