Growth characteristics of early and late CF clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

1Isolate: E indicates an isolate recovered early after infection, L indicates isolate recovered later in the life of the patient.2Lagtime: Time (minutes) from start of culture to start of log phase growth.3V50: Time (minutes) from start of culture to midpoint of log phase growth.4DNA release: Quanitity of DNA released from each isolate under the conditions tested in the NET-induced killing assay.NSNot Significant compared to isogenic early isolate by Wilcoxon 2-sample test.