Isolation of common aerobic bacterial pathogens from the environment of seven hospitals, Ahvaz, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-82

  Ekrami, Alireza ^a   Kayedani, Abbas ^a   Jahangir, Mohammad ^a   Kalantar, Enayat ^b   Jalali, Mohammad ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Bacterial pathogen; Hospital environment; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79551513203     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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