Haemophilus influenzae as an airborne contamination in child day care centers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-442

  Lis, Danuta O ^a   Górny, Rafał L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bioaerosol; Children; Respiratory pathogen

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DAY CARE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84876936572     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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