Growth and survival of bacteria implicated in sudden infant death syndrome on cot mattress materials

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 573-579

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

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cot death; Cot mattress; Polyurethane; Staphylococcus aureus; Sudden infant death syndrome; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOAMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON SOURCE; COT DEATHS; COT MATTRESS; LEACHATES; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; NITROGEN SOURCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROMES; SURVIVAL;

POLYURETHANES;

AROMATIC AMINE; CARBON; NITROGEN; POLYESTER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

INFANT MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; COTTON; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOAM; HUMIDITY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 24044510144     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02620.x     Document Type: Article

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