Isolation of mycobacteria from indoor swimming pools in Finland

APMIS

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Iivanainen, Eila ^a   Northrup, Jill ^b   Arbeit, Robert D ^b   Ristola, Matti ^c   Katila, Marja Leena ^d   Von Reyn, C Fordham ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Aurora Hospital   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental mycobacteria; Identification; Isolation; Swimming pool; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CHLORINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLORINATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; FINLAND; LABORATORY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING POOL;

MYCOBACTERIUM CHUBUENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SPHAGNI; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE;

EID: 0032905873     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1999.tb01544.x     Document Type: Article

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