Alain Vanderkelen

TL;DR: A multiplex PCR assay based on the simultaneous amplification of two lipoprotein genes, oprI and oprL, appears promising for the rapid and sensitive detection of P. aeruginosa in clinical specimens.

TL;DR: Cross-acquisition, resulting from insufficient compliance with infection control measures, was the major route of colonization in a 32-bed burn wound center, and all predominant strains except the SSDr strain belonged to recently identified clonal complexes.

TL;DR: An epidemic population structure for P. aeruginosa is suggested, comparable with that of Neisseria meningitidis, a superficially clonal structure with frequent recombinations, in which occasionally highly successful epidemic clones arise.

TL;DR: The wide mutational diversity of clinical as well as environmental isolates, compared with the laboratory strain(s), is highlighted through the systematic genetic analysis of a chromosomal porin gene (oprD) in relation to a specific antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

TL;DR: It is suggested that HFPV can improve blood oxygenation during the acute phase following inhalation injury allowing reduction of FiO(2).