Disinfectant effects of hot water, ultraviolet light, silver ions and chlorine on strains of Legionella and nontuberculous mycobacteria

Microbios

Volumn 101, Issue 398, 2000, Pages 7-13

  Miyamoto, Miki ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshio ^a   Sasatsu, Masanori ^b  

^a Janome Sewing Machine Company Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

24 h bath; Disinfection; Legionella; Mycobacterium; Spa

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; SILVER; WATER;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; HEAT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; SILVER; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

EID: 0033628462     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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