Prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in air samples from indoor and outdoor environments

Aerobiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-387

  Messi, Patrizia ^a   Sabia, Carla ^a   Anacarso, Immacolata ^a   Condò, Carla ^a   Iseppi, Ramona ^a   Stefani, Sara ^a   de Niederhausern, Simona ^a   Bondi, Moreno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air; Multi drug resistant bacteria; Operating room; Public environments; Waste management plants

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; MICROCOCCUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

EID: 84940722418     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-015-9371-9     Document Type: Article

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