A survey on species and prevalence rate of bacterial agents isolated from cockroaches in three Hospitals

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Zarchi, Ali Akbar Karimi ^a   Vatani, Hadi ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial agents; Cockroaches; Nosocomial infection; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COCKROACH; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUSPENSION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLATTELLIDAE; COCKROACHES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PREVALENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D;

EID: 65249176142     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0230     Document Type: Article

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