Biofilm formation and control in dental unit waterlines

Biofilms

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-17

  Franco, F F S ^a   Spratt, D ^a   Leao, J C ^a,b   Porter, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DIAMINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; PERACETIC ACID; POVIDONE IODINE; TETRAACETYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; TRIHALOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ACIDOVORAX DEFLUVII; ACINETOBACTER; ALCALIGENES; ALTERNARIA; AUTOCLAVE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CAULOBACTER; CLADOSPORIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL UNIT WATERLINE; FILTRATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GIARDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHYLOPHILUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS; MICROORGANISM; MICROSPORUM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCOPULARIOPSIS BREVICAULIS; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 20444454611     PISSN: 14790505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479050504001450     Document Type: Review

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