Bacterial colonization of rings and cell phones carried by health-care providers: Are these mobile bacterial zoos in the hospital?

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-118

  Saxena, Sonal ^a   Singh, Trishla ^a   Agarwal, Hemika ^a   Mehta, Geeta ^a   Dutta, Renu ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINGER; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROCOCCUS; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; CELLULAR PHONE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JEWELRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953206248     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.100186     Document Type: Article

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