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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. Fifty-four different P. aeruginosa genotypes were recognized. Two out of six pairs of siblings were ultimately...
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