A novel quantitative sampling technique for detection and monitoring of clostridium difficile contamination in the clinical environment

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2570-2574

  Ali, Shanom ^a   Muzslay, Monika ^a   Wilson, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BED; CHAIR; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTACT PLATE SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FILTER; FILTRATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIBOTYPING; SAMPLING; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONGE SWABBING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VACUUM FILTRATION; WARD; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 84938118572     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00376-15     Document Type: Article

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