“…The initial agar bead model of chronic bronchopulmonary infection with mucoid P. aeruginosa was modified for use in mice by Starke et al (1987) and has frequently been used to study CF lung disease, for bacterial pathogenesis (Gosselin et al 1995, Morissette et al 1995, Stevenson et al 1995, Morissette et al 1996, Moser et al 1997, Gosselin et al 1998, Sapru et al 1999, Tam et al 1999, McMorran et al 2001, Dagenais et al 2005, and for evaluation of potential new treatments (Pier et al 1990, Staczek et al 1998, van Heeckeren et al 1998, Chmiel et al 1999, Wilmott et al 2000.…”