Characterization of environmental Pseudomonas aeruginosa using multilocus sequence typing scheme.

CONCLUSION: The current theses that distinguish isolates originating from different sources are questionable; environmental P. aeruginosa can be a potential risk to public health and cannot be excluded as an external (non-nosocomial) source of infections, especially in patients with CF. Further studies such as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and the determination of other clinically important virulence factors are needed to confirm these findings. PMID: 28923132 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - September 19, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Radó J, Kaszab E, Petrovics T, Pászti J, Kriszt B, Szoboszlay S Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research