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Development and application of quantitative bioaerosol analysis method using PCRAn, Hey Reoun. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences." Includes bibliographical references.
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Characterization of ImiS, the metallo-[beta]-lactamase from Aeromonas veronii bv. sobriaCrawford, Patrick Anthony. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF document. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 150 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.
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Molecular characterization of a microbial community from uranium-contaminated acidic sedimentNorth, Nadia. Balkwill, David. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. David Balkwill, Florida State University, School of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Oceanography. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Apr. 7, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.
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Minimum inhibitory concentration of two common food phenolic compounds and their effects on the microbial ecology of swine feces in vitroZaffarano, Jennifer I. January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis--University of Kentucky (M.S.), 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 127 p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-126).
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NMR structure calculation of the halophilic binary hvDHFR1:folate complexBoroujerdi, Arezue Fatemeh Bekrai. January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Chemistry. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.
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Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus blood culture isolatesLo, Pui-ying., 盧珮瑩. January 2010 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Microbiology / Master / Master of Philosophy
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Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance among staphylococcus aureus carried by children with atopic dermatitisKwok, Chi-fong, Joyce., 郭志芳. January 2007 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Medical Sciences / Master / Master of Medical Sciences
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Development of genotypic resistance testing for integrase inhibitorHo, Siu-leuk., 何笑略. January 2010 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Microbiology / Master / Master of Medical Sciences
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Antimicrobial use & resistance in China: implications for public health in Hong Kong : an exploratoryanalysisHo, Wing-yin, Queenie., 何穎賢. January 2011 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health
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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumanniiin patients and their surrounding environmentChou, So-ha., 周素霞. January 2012 (has links)
Background
There has been an increasing awareness of the role of the hospital environment as a reservoir of Acinetobacter baumannii. A. baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen and is difficult to control due to the increasing cases of resistance to carbapenem.
Objectives
The objectives of this study areto examine carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) positive patients according to their environmental sample to determine how frequently the environment surrounding the patient becomes contaminated and which environmental surfaces are most commonly contaminated.
Methodology
During June 2011 to December 2011, data regarding 30 hospitalized patients with at least one positive CRAB clinical sample were collected from hospital X in Kowloon of Hong Kong. For 30 case patients, one patient in the ICU ward had been isolated in a single room and the other 29 patients stayed in a multi-room. Fifteen surfaces in the patient cubicle and nine surfaces in health care worker stations were evaluated for the presence of CRAB. 29 control environmental samples were obtained from the surroundings of patients without CRAB in the same cubicle and one control environmental sample was obtained from the surroundings of patients without CRAB in the other room of ICU. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was performed on all environmental isolates and clinical samples.
Results
Of the 30casepatients, 26 patients (86.7%) were found to have CRAB contamination in their surrounding environment and 6negative control patients (20%) were found to have CRAB in their environmental samples. The percentage of positive CRAB cultures in the case environment, control and health care worker stations was 28.9% (117/405), 3.4% (14/406) and 1.9% (5/265)respectively. In the surrounding case patient area, pillows (60% 18/30) and bed sheets on which the patients sleep on (60% 18/30), bed sheets covering the patients (50% 15/30) and bedside table tops (40% 12/30) were the most commonly contaminated. For 26casepatientswere found to have CRAB contamination in their surrounding environment, 23 (88.5%) of these patients were found to have the clone of isolates in the case environment related to the patients.
Conclusion
For patients with CRAB, the surrounding environment is frequently contaminated.
Surfaces often touched by the patients are commonly contaminated. CRAB was also found on surfaces that were not closely related to the patient which are frequently touched by healthcare workers during patient care. / published_or_final_version / Microbiology / Master / Master of Medical Sciences
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