Air Contamination in Different Departments of a Tertiary Hospital. Assessment of Microbial Load and of Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Air Contamination in Different Departments of a Tertiary Hospital. Assessment of Microbial Load and of Antimicrobial Susceptibility

Air contamination in the hospital setting can be a reason for the spread of nosocomial infection among susceptible patients. The aim of this study was to identify bacterial species, and their load and drug resistance, in the air of a tertiary hospital. Air samples were collected on a monthly basis f...

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Main Authors: Athanasios Tselebonis, Evangelia Nena, Maria Panopoulou, Christos Kontogiorgis, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou, Theodoros Constantinidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
hospital hygiene
air contamination
nosocomial infection
drug resistance
microbial load
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/8/6/163

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