Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Assessment of risk from drinking water

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-75

  Hardalo, Catherine ^b   Edberg, Stephen C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

assessment; drinking water; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; risk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DRINKING WATER; HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PROTEINASE; PSEUDOGEN; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; PSEUDOMONAS VACCINE; PYOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030975386     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408419709115130     Document Type: Review

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