Air-borne microbial contamination of surfaces in a UK dental clinic

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Decraene, Valérie ^a   Ready, Derren ^a   Pratten, Jonathan ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air borne microbes; Antibiotic resistance; Cross infection; Dental clinics; Settle plates

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL FACILITY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UNITED KINGDOM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; DENTAL CLINIC; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA GENE;

MICROCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CLINICS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 52649085357     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.195     Document Type: Article

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