Bacteria forming a resident flora of the skin as a potential source of opportunistic infections

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Kaźmierczak, Anna K ^a   Szewczyk, Eligia M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Human skin; Resident flora

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NOVOBIOCIN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIACEAE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 11244353227     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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