Hospital water supply as a potential source of opportunistic pathogens

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-270

  El Zanfaly, H T ^a   Hassanean, N A ^a   Hassan, E M ^b   El Seadawy, L I ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Distribution system; Fecal Coliforms (FC); Fecal Streptococci (FS); Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC); Hospital water; Opportunistic pathogens; Total Coliforms (TC)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGENICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84865199807     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2012.262.270     Document Type: Article

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