Do contaminated dental unit waterlines pose a risk of infection?

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 712-720

  Pankhurst, Caroline L ^a   Coulter, Wilson A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dental unit waterlines; Endotoxin; Infection control; Legionella; Mycobacterium; Water microbiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL, DENTAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34548132790     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2007.06.002     Document Type: Review

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