3.1 Pseudomonas aeruginosa AUST-03 (ST242) colonised patients from the study
The P. aeruginosa AUST-03 strain was found in a 16 years old male CF patient (P2) and a 8 years old female patient (P4), who both attended CF clinics at the tertiary academic hospital. Both patients were found by attending clinicians to have been experiencing pulmonary exacerbations, while one of the patients, P4 required oxygen and later passed away. Details on the demographics of the two patients, genetic mutations and comorbidities can be found in Table 1.