Comparison of the worldwide transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa with isolates from brazilian cystic fibrosis patients

• Published in: Brazilian journal of microbiology Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 1079 - 1081
• Main Authors: Leão, Robson Souza(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Microbiologia, Parasitologia e Imunologia), Carvalho-Assef, Ana Paula D(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infecção Hospitalar), Ferreira, Alex Guerra(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Microbiologia, Parasitologia e Imunologia), Folescu, Tânia Wrobel(Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Instituto Fernandes Figueira Departamento de Pneumologia), Barth, Afonso Luís(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre Serviço de Patologia Clínica), Pitt, Tyrone Leslie(Health Protection Agency Laboratory of Health Care Associated Infection), Marques, Elizabeth Andrade(Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Microbiologia, Parasitologia e Imunologia)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 01-10-2010; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bacterial infections; Cystic fibrosis; Disease transmission; Epidemic strain; MICROBIOLOGY; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Cystic fibrosis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Epidemic strain
• ISSN: 1517-8382; 1678-4405; 1678-4405
• DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822010000400028

Cross-infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is a rare occurrence. However, the emergence of transmissible strains has been reported between unrelated individuals. We analyzed the genetic relationship among P. aeruginosa isolates from Brazilian CF patients and transmissible clones which are worldwide spread. The data does not indicate the presence of closely related variant clones.