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J Clin Microbiol
; 54(2): 489-91, 2016 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26659208
RESUMO
The monitoring of epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa is important for cystic fibrosis (CF) infection control. The prairie epidemic strain (PES) is common in western Canadian CF clinics. Using whole-genome sequencing, we identified a novel genomic island and developed a PCR assay for PES. Against a collection of 186 P. aeruginosa isolates, the assay had 98% sensitivity and 100% specificity.