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Direct sputum analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa macrorestriction fragment genotypes in patients with cystic fibrosis.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Oct 1997
Breitenstein S, Walter S, Bosshammer J, Römling U, Tümmler B
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The distribution of bacterial populations in the airways of 13 patients with cystic fibrosis who were colonized for 6-23 years with Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated by genotyping of bacterial chromosomes directly isolated from 21 sputa. After removal of host material from sputum by hypotonic cell lysis and repetitive washing and centrifugation steps, agarose-embedded bacterial cells were lysed, residual...
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