Airborne bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital rooms

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-194

  Gilbert, Yan ^a   Veillette, Marc ^a   Duchaine, Caroline ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bioaerosols; Biodiversity; Biofilm; Hospital; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROTEIN ERMA; PROTEIN ERMB; PROTEIN ERMC; PROTEIN ERMF; PROTEIN ERMT; PROTEIN ERMX; PROTEIN TETA; PROTEIN TETC; PROTEIN TETG; PROTEIN VANA; PROTEIN VANB; RNA 16S; TAP WATER; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOAEROSOL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WARD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FUNGI; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 77955653860     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9155-1     Document Type: Article

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