Aerial release of bacteria from cot mattress materials and the sudden infant death syndrome

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 293-298

  Sherburn, Richard E ^a,b   Jenkins, Richard O ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cot death; Cot mattress; Escherichia coli; Polyurethane; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; CELL DENSITY; COT DEATHS; COT MATTRESS; COUNT DATUM; POLYURETHANE FOAM; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROMES; TOTAL COUNTS;

POLYURETHANES;

POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

BACTERIUM;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BED; BODY MOVEMENT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOAM; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13244291482     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02456.x     Document Type: Article

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