The role of chiropractic adjusting tables as reservoirs for microbial diseases

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Bifero, Antonio E ^a   Prakash, Jaya ^a   Bergin, Jeff ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b National University Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHIROPRACTIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCUBATION TIME; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHIROPRACTIC; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS;

EID: 33646046500     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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