Microbiological quality of indoor and outdoor swimming pools in Greece: Investigation of the antibiotic resistance of the bacterial isolates

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 385-397

  Papadopoulou, Chrissanthy ^a   Economou, Vangelis ^a   Sakkas, Hercules ^a   Gousia, Panagiota ^a   Giannakopoulos, X ^b   Dontorou, Catherine ^a   Filioussis, George ^a   Gessouli, Helen ^b   Karanis, Panagiotis ^c,d   Leveidiotou, Stamatina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida; Hydrotherapy; Pseudomonas; Susceptibility; Swimming pools

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FUNGI; GIARDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA; LEUCONOSTOC; MUCOR; MYCOBACTERIUM; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PENICILLIUM; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOPUS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 45549089288     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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