Risk of transmission of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa through use of mobile bathing service

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Sakurai Komada, Naomi ^a   Hirano, Masako ^a   Nagata, Ikumi ^a   Ejima, Yumi ^a   Nakamura, Michiko ^a   Koike, Kazuko A ^a  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Imipenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Long term care insurance; MBS utensils; MBS mediated infections; Mobile bathing service (MBS)

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CEFOPERAZONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33645225306     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.11.31     Document Type: Article

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