Antibiotic susceptibility of glutaraldehyde-tolerant Mycobacterium chelonae from bronchoscope washing machines

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Nomura, Kazuyo ^a,b   Ogawa, Midori ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Muratani, Tetsuro ^a   Taniguchi, Hatsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPE; EXERCISE; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NONHUMAN; PHYSICIAN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPES; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GLUTARAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3042756785     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2003.07.007     Document Type: Article

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