Semmelweis' present day follow-up: Updating bacterial sampling and enrichment in clinical hygiene

Pathophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 257-267

  Hakalehto, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical microbiology; Enrichment; Hospital hygiene; Monitoring; MRSA; Nosocomial infections; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOCHIP; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM; COTTON; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SAMPLING; SOIL BACTERIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33750250621     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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