Evaluation of the relationship between ATP bioluminescence assay and the presence of organisms associated with healthcare-associated infections

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 101-107

  Gibbs, Shawn G ^a   Sayles, Harlan ^a   Chaika, Oleg ^a   Hewlett, Angela ^b   Colbert, Erica M ^a   Smith, Philip W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Adenosine triphosphate (ATP); and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; ATP measurement; Candida albicans; Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; healthcare associated infections; Mycobacterium smegmatis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84906883213     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: 18355625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI14010     Document Type: Article

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