Update on infectious risks associated with dental unit waterlines

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-204

  Barbot, Vanessa ^a   Robert, Amélie ^a   Rodier, Marie Hélène ^a   Imbert, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Biofilm; Microorganisms; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PERACETIC ACID; SURFACTANT;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACTINOMYCES; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; DENTAL UNIT WATERLINE; DENTIST; ESCHERICHIA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFECTION RISK; IONIC STRENGTH; KLEBSIELLA; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; VEILLONELLA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84862637420     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00971.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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