Article
Exchange of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains among cystic fibrosis siblings.
Research in microbiology - 1 Jun 1997
Renders N H, Sijmons M A, van Belkum A, Overbeek S E, Mouton J W, Verbrugh H A
Abstract excerpt
The molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) siblings was analysed by DNA fingerprinting using arbitrary primed polymerase chain reaction. A total of 306 strains collected from six pairs of siblings over a period of 20-126 months (median 64) was studied....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Cystic Fibrosis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Nuclear Family