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Shared Genotypes of Achromobacter xylosoxidans Strains Isolated from Patients at a Cystic Fibrosis Rehabilitation Center

Department of Pediatric Pulmonology,¹ Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent,² Cystic Fibrosis Rehabilitation Centre "Zeepreventorium," De Haan, Belgium³

Received 26 July 2004/ Returned for modification 15 October 2004/ Accepted 31 January 2005

During a study examining transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among 76 cystic fibrosis patients in a rehabilitation center, where patients stay in close contact during prolonged periods, several clusters of patients carrying genotypically identical P. aeruginosa, as well as two clusters of 4 and 10 patients, respectively, colonized with genotypically identical Achromobacter xylosoxidans strains, were discovered.

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