Persistence of microbial communities including Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a hospital environment: A potential health hazard

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  De Abreu, Pedro Miguel ^a   Farias, Pedro Geadas ^a   Paiva, Gabriel Silva ^b   Almeida, Ana Maria ^a   Morais, Paula Vasconcelos ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hospital environment; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Surface microbial colonization

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA NEMATODIPHILA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WARD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84902368992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-118     Document Type: Article

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