The obial colonization profile of respiratory devices and the significance of the role of disinfection: A blinded study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1021-1026

  Jadhav, Savita ^a   Sahasrabuddhe, Tushar ^a   Kalley, Vipul ^a   Gandham, Nageswari Rajesh ^a  

^a HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp; Aspergillus fumigates; Microbial colonization; Respiratory devices

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AIR SAMPLING; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CHAETOMIUM; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLEANING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CURVULARIA; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEBULIZER; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY GAS HUMIDIFIER; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOMYCES; TRICHODERMA; WARD;

ACINETOBACTER; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84878911513     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5681.3086     Document Type: Article

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