Median values (ranges) for 27 episodes of hospitalization (18 patients) for the clinical parameters obtained at days 1, 8 and 15 of hospitalization.

<p>Significant change in comparison with day 1, <i>p<0.05</i> (Wilcoxon).</p

Median density (for 27 samples from 18 patients) of <i>P. aeruginosa</i> cells/ml sputum at hospitalization days 1, 8 and 15, as determined by the three quantification techniques, <i>i.e.</i> culture, qPCR and PMA-qPCR.

<p>*  =  statistically significant (p<0.05).</p

Primers used in this study.

<p>Primers used in this study.</p

Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: Definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora-0

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Comparison between Gram stain and culture for the characterization of vaginal microflora: Definition of a distinct grade that resembles grade I microflora and revised categorization of grade I microflora"</p><p>BMC Microbiology 2005;5():61-61.</p><p>Published online 14 Oct 2005</p><p>PMCID:PMC1266370.</p><p>Copyright © 2005 Verhelst et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p>ll types. g, h: grade I-like, i.e. irregular-shaped Gram positive rods. i, j: grade II, i.e. mixture of cell types and bacterial vaginosis-associated bacteria (, and cell types). k, l: grade III, i.e. bacterial vaginosis

Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Epidemic Achromobacter xylosoxidans strain among Belgian cystic fibrosis patients and review of literature

Detailed presentation of MALDI-TOF main spectra (MSPs) of 59 isolates (with isolate CF GUH 86–1 tested in duplo). A: dendrogram based on UPGMA; B: detail of the MaldiTOF MS spectra (2000–4000 m/z); C: cluster 1 (red) and cluster 2 (green); D: similarity matrix based on the Pearson correlation. (PDF 117 kb