Does 'airborne' hydrogen peroxide kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-83

  Andersen, B M ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISINFECTION; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INOCULATION; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; UPREGULATION; VAPOR;

EID: 78650513354     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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