“…It is an epitome of opportunistic human pathogens, being implicated in a wide range of infections of the pulmonary tract (8,9), urinary tract (10)(11)(12)(13), burns (14)(15)(16), wounds (17,18), lung cancer patients (19), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (20), bronchiectasis (21) and in pediatric and adult AIDS patients (22). It causes persistent nosocomial infections (23,24) and is also a major pathogen in cystic fibrosis patients.…”