Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from swimming pools in Northern Greece;Prévalence et résistance antibiotique de Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolé dans des piscines du nord de la Gréce

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 783-787

  Tirodimos, I ^a   Arvanitidou, M ^a   Dardavessis, T ^a   Bisiklis, A ^a   Alexiou Daniil, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GREECE; HYDROTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SWIMMING POOL; WATER SAMPLING; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BALNEOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GREECE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77955029177     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.7.783     Document Type: Article

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