The potential for dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through the anesthesia breathing circuit

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Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1107-1114

  Langevin, Paul B ^a,b   Rand, Kenneth H ^a   Layon, A Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia breathing circuit; Contamination; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Respiratory pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032941722     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.4.1107     Document Type: Article

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