Evaluation of the contaminant organisms of humidifier reservoir water and investigation of the source of contamination in a university hospital in Turkey

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-63

  Nakipoglu, Yasar ^a   Erturan, Zayre ^a   Buyukbaba Boral, Ozden ^a   Aksozek, Alper ^a   Aydin, Selda ^a   Derbentli, Sengul ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACREMONIUM; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHAETOMIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMIDIFIER; LEGIONELLA; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; RESERVOIR; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 15544371336     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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