Bacterial contamination of dental unit waterlines: What is your dentist spraying into your mouth?

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 73-77

  Rowland, Belinda M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CANCER; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0037911538     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(03)80016-8     Document Type: Article

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