Shared Genotypes of <i>Achromobacter xylosoxidans</i> Strains Isolated from Patients at a Cystic Fibrosis Rehabilitation Center

Abstract

During a study examining transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among 76 cystic fibrosis patients in a rehabilitation center, where patients stay in close contact during prolonged periods, several clusters of patients carrying genotypically identical P. aeruginosa, as well as two clusters of 4 and 10 patients, respectively, colonized with genotypically identical Achromobacter xylosoxidans strains, were discovered.