Survival of infectious Pseudomonas aeruginosa genotypes in occupational saturation diving environment and the significance of these genotypes for recurrent skin infections

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 493-500

  Ahlén, Catrine ^a   Mandal, Lise Helen ^a   Johannessen, Lene N ^a   Iversen, Ole Jan ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

PFGE; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Saturation diving; Skin infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION;

DIVING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; SEAWATER; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0034127236     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200005)37:5<493::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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