In vitro modeling of dental water line contamination and decontamination

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 363-367

  Spratt, D A ^a   Latif, J ^a   Montebugnoli, L L ^b   Wilson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Decontamination; Dental water line; TAED

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAACETYLETHYLENEDIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

EID: 2942596568     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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