Cystic Fibrosis

Persistent environmental reservoirs of P. aeruginosa not found in CF center

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 5th, 2005

Persistent environmental reservoirs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were not found in a cystic fibrosis center.

"We conducted an environmental survey in the Liverpool adult cystic fibrosis (CF) center in order to determine the extent of environmental contamination with an epidemic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that colonizes most CF patients in Liverpool, and to identify possible reservoirs and routes of cross-infection.

"In addition, we studied the survival of this strain on dry surfaces, compared with that of other CF P. aeruginosa strains, to explore factors that might contribute to its high transmissibility," investigators in...

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