Recurrent and chronic lower airway infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is an important component of cystic fibrosis (CF) pulmonary disease. Different modes of treatment and control of CF patients have been introduced at the Copenhagen CF Centre over the past 20 years and have been associated
Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis and the use of strain genotyping
β Scribed by D.L. Smith; E.G. Smith; L.B. Gumery; D.E. Stableforth; L.M. Dalla Costa; T.L. Pitt
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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