What matters in chronic Burkholderia cenocepacia infection in cystic fibrosis: Insights from comparative genomics.
Burkholderia cenocepacia causes severe pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Since the bacterium is virtually untreatable by antibiotics, chronic infections persist for years and might develop into fatal septic pneumonia (cepacia syndrome, CS). To devise new strategies to combat chr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5739508?pdf=render |