Respiratory infections by Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a cohort of Cystic Fibrosis patients: identification, antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular epidemiology

Pulmonary infections by Gram-negative bacteria such as Achromobacter xylosoxidans are recovered frequently in patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Aims of this study were to value the isolation frequency of A.xylosoxidans strains in a cohort of Cystic Fibrosis patients, to investigate their antimicrobial...

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Main Authors: Antonietta Lambiase, Maria Rosaria Catania, Mariassunta Del Pezzo, Valeria Raia, Antonino Giangrasso, Fabio Rossano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2010-03-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2486