Evaluation of the presence of bacteria in food and environment of an Oncologycal Service of a National Hospital, San José, Costa Rica;Evaluación de la presencia de bacterias en alimentos y en el ambiente de una sección de oncología de un hospital nacional, San José, Costa Rica

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Jiménez, Fabiola ^a   Garro, Laura ^a   Rodríguez, Evelyn ^a   Zeledón, Zenén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contamination; Environment; Foods; Nosocomial infection; Oncology

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CETRIMIDE;

AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; COSTA RICA; ELECTRONICS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HAND; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LISTERIA; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PLATE COUNT; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRUIT; HAND; HUMANS; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VEGETABLES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 16344364688     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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