Microbiological contamination of enteral feeding solutions used in Costa Rican hospitals

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-366

  Arias, Maria Laura ^a   Monge, Rafael ^a   Antillón, Florencia ^a   Chávez, Carolina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coliforms; Entera feeding; Listeria; Microbiological contamination; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA; KLEBSIELLA; LISTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; SERRATIA SP.;

ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD HANDLING; HOSPITAL; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LISTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITY CONTROL;

COSTA RICA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FOOD HANDLING; HOSPITALS; HYGIENE; LISTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033289692     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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