Free-living amoebae: What part do they play in healthcare-associated infections?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 131-140

  Cateau, E ^a,b   Delafont, V ^b   Hechard, Y ^b   Rodier, M H ^a,b  

^a Service de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Free living amoebae; Healthcare associated infections; Interactions; Micro organisms; Water

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMOEBA (GENUS); ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FREE LIVING AMOEBAE; FUSARIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIMIVIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WATER SUPPLY; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMOEBA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84903450177     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.05.001     Document Type: Review

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