Fecal isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients with cystic fibrosis.
Fecal isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was observed in 8 of 10 patients with cystic fibrosis who at the time of sampling also exhibited colonization of the respiratory tract. In contrast, P. aeruginosa cells were isolated at low frequency (9.1%) from the stools of 44 patients with cystic fibrosis with no previous history of chronic colonization. The results of this study suggest that the gastrointestinal tract is not a significant chronic reservoir of P. aeruginosa prior to pulmonary colonization.
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Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Glass
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Govan
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology