Assessment on experimental bacterial biofilms and in clinical practice of the efficacy of sampling solutions for microbiological testing of endoscopes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 938-942

  Aumeran, C ^a   Thibert, E ^a   Chapelle, F A ^a   Hennequin, C ^b   Lesens, O ^a   Traorea O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYSORBATE 80; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STERILE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITY CONTROL; REPEAT PROCEDURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; ENDOSCOPES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84857398188     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06221-11     Document Type: Article

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