Firm adherence of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis to human hair and effect of detergent treatment

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 653-656

  Mase, Kiyomi ^a,b   Hasegawa, Tadao ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^a   Hatakeyama, Kazuto ^a   Kawano, Yasushi ^a   Yamashino, Takafumi ^a   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adherence; Decontamination of hair; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; N ACYL METHYL TAURATE SODIUM; POLYOXYETHYLENE LAURYL ETHER SULFATE SODIUM; POLYOXYETHYLENE LAURYL MYRISTYL ETHER SULFATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CUTICLE; HAIR; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; DETERGENTS; HAIR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0033859355     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02546.x     Document Type: Article

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