Spores of Clostridium difficile in hospital air

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1104-1105

  Snelling, Anna M ^a   Beggs, Clive B ^a   Kerr, Kevin G ^a,b   Shepherd, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; LETTER; ORGANISMS BY SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77958532993     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656686     Document Type: Letter

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