| factors associated with mucoid transition of pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis patients. | although the mucoid form of pseudomonas aeruginosa (pa) is largely responsible for the progression of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (cf), the relationship between factors relating daily-care regimes to mucoidy acquisition are as yet poorly investigated. fifty-two cf patients registered at the cf centre of dijon, france, were retrospectively evaluated from the date of pa colonization either to the first positive sputum culture for mucoid pa (n = 26) or to the last culture in which the pa remain ... | 2010 | 20002106 |