Isolation of Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from residential indoor bioaerosols

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1859-1864

  Gandara, Angelina ^a   Mota, Linda C ^a   Flores, Carissa ^a   Perez, Hernando R ^b   Green, Christopher F ^c   Gibbs, Shawn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant; Bioaerosols; Residential indoor air

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; PENICILLIN G;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; AIR SAMPLING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOUSING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33845328393     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9585     Document Type: Article

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