Towards "molecular Esperanto" or the Tower of Babel? (the need for harmonization of techniques for genotyping clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis)

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John E Moore et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Nov.

. 2003 Nov;41(11):5347-8.

doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5347-5348.2003.

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Evidence for spread of a clonal strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis clinics.
Armstrong D, Bell S, Robinson M, Bye P, Rose B, Harbour C, Lee C, Service H, Nissen M, Syrmis M, Wainwright C. Armstrong D, et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 May;41(5):2266-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2266-2267.2003. J Clin Microbiol. 2003. PMID: 12734299 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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