Spread of a multiresistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an adult cystic fibrosis clinic

We initiated a prospective surveillance study to investigate possible Pseudomonas aeruginosa cross-infection in our cystic fibrosis centre. We characterised isolates by pyocin typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. 22 (14%) of 154 patients with chronic P aeruginosa had isolates with similar an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2001-08, Vol.358 (9281), p.557-558
Hauptverfasser:	Jones, Andrew M, Govan, John RW, Doherty, Catherine J, Dodd, Mary E, Isalska, Barbara J, Nigel Stanbridge, T, Kevin Webb, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibiotics Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - transmission Cystic fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis - microbiology DNA Fingerprinting Drug Resistance, Microbial Electrophoresis Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field England - epidemiology Female Humans Infections Male Patients Phenotype Population Surveillance Prospective Studies Pseudomonas aeruginosa - isolation & purification Pseudomonas aeruginosa - pathogenicity Pseudomonas Infections - transmission
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