Waterborne pathogens and dental waterlines

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 545-557

  Mills, Shannon E ^a  

^a Bolling Air Force Base ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL FACILITY; DEVICE INFECTION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; EQUIPMENT; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENDOTOXIN;

BIOFILMS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOTOXINS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0042512404     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-8532(03)00019-3     Document Type: Review

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