Article
Rapid diversification of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in cystic fibrosis lung-like conditions
2017-12-08
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infection of the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway by the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for adult CF patients. Prolonged infections are accompanied by adaptation of P. aeruginosa to the unique conditions of the CF lung environment as well as marked diversification of the pathogen into phenotypically and genetically distinct strains that can coexis...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 46c30546-0b3a-59eb-8c4a-6c745597602c
- DOI
- 10.1101/231050
