Recurrent<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>Infection in Chronic Lung Diseases: Relapse or Reinfection?

Abstract

These data suggest that the most of the recurrent P. aeruginosa infections in chronic lung disease occurred due to the relapse of prior infections. Further investigations should be performed for assessing the molecular mechanisms of the persistent colonization and for determining how to eradicate clonal persistence of P. aeruginosa.