Identification of infectious Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in an occupational saturation diving environment

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 480-484

  Ahlén, Catrine ^a   Mandal, Lise Helen ^a   Iversen, Ole Jan ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Saturation diving; Serotyping; Skin infections

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SKIN FLORA; SKIN INFECTION;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031841399     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.7.480     Document Type: Article

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