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Review
. 2003 Sep;41(9):4009-15.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4009-4015.2003.

Laboratory aspects of management of chronic pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis

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Laboratory aspects of management of chronic pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis

Melissa B Miller et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep.
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Use of BCSA improves recovery of B. cepacia complex. (Left) MacConkey agar demonstrating overgrowth by a mucoid strain of P. aeruginosa; (right) BCSA showing the growth of B. cenocepacia (genomovar III) that cannot be visualized on the corresponding MacConkey agar.

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