Mycobacterium avium complex organisms predominantly colonize in the bathtub inlets of patients' bathrooms

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-186

  Nishiuchi, Yukiko ^a   Tamaru, Aki ^b   Kitada, Seigo ^c   Taguri, Takahiro ^c   Matsumoto, Sohkichi ^a   Tateishi, Yoshitaka ^a,c   Yoshimura, Mamiko ^a   Ozeki, Yuriko ^a   Matsumura, Narumi ^c   Ogura, Hisashi ^a   Maekura, Ryoji ^c  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BIOFILM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SANITATION;

BATHS; BIOFILMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PATIENTS' ROOMS; SANITARY ENGINEERING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 69249221511     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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