Acanthamoeba contamination of hemodialysis and dental units in Alexandria, Egypt: A neglected potential source of infection

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Hassan, Azza ^a   Farouk, Hanan ^a   Hassanein, Faika ^a   Abdul Ghani, Rashad ^b,c   Abdelhady, Ahmed H ^d  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^d MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Alexandria; Dental unit; Free living amoeba; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CLINIC; DISINFECTION; EGYPT; HEMODIALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL OFFICES; EGYPT; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84866853832     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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