Concentration of airborne staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA), total bacteria, and endotoxins in pig farms

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 550-557

  Masclaux, Frederic G ^a   Sakwinska, Olga ^b,d   Charrière, Nicole ^a   Semaani, Eulalia ^c   Oppliger, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SGD SSP   (Switzerland)

^d NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

airborne bacteria; bioaerosols; MRSA CC398; occupational health; quantitative PCR; swine confinement buildings

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BIOAEROSOLS; MRSA CC398; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; DNA; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MAMMALS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOAEROSOLS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MRSA CC398; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE PCR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWINE CONFINEMENT BUILDINGS; SWITZERLAND;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; BIOAEROSOLS; MRSA CC398; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SWINE CONFINEMENT BUILDINGS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; ENDOTOXINS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84879517518     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes098     Document Type: Article

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