Amoebal host range, host-free survival and disinfection susceptibility of environmental Chlamydiae as compared to Chlamydia trachomatis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Coulon, Céline ^a,b   Eterpi, Mickael ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^c   Collignon, Anne ^b   McDonnell, Gerald ^d   Thomas, Vincent ^a  

^a STERIS SA R and D   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d STERIS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Biocide; Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydia like organisms; Disinfection; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIBLAMYDIA SEQUANENSIS; DISINFECTION; ECOLOGY; HOST RANGE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCHLAMYDIA NEGLERIOPHILA; WADDLIA CHONDROPHILA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIALES; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENT; HOST SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858149894     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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