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Epidemiology of pulmonary colonization withBurkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis Patients

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  1. Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Rangueil, 1 avenue Jean Poulhes, 31054, Toulouse Cédex, France

    C. Segonds & G. Chabanon

  2. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, CHU Jean Minjoz, Boulevard Fleming, 25030, Besançon, France

    G. Couetdic & Y. Michel-Briand

  3. Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Boulevard Serrurier, 75019, Paris, France

    E. Bingen

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Segonds, C., Chabanon, G., Couetdic, G. et al. Epidemiology of pulmonary colonization withBurkholderia cepacia in cystic fibrosis Patients. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 841–842 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701534

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