Accession Number:

AD0625628

Title:

STUDY OF THE ABILITY OF ENTERIC BACTERIA TO INFECT THE AIR OF HOSPITAL WARDS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Grishina, O. S.

Report Date:

1965-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

The aim of the investigation was to study the ability to infect the air of hospital wards by fecal saprophytic and pathogenic flora, especially enteropathogenic E. coli and also dysenteric bacteria and Salmonella. The investigation was carried out in a period when intrahospital outbreaks of any diseases were not registered, but there were mildly focal infections with colienteritis in the childrens sections.

Descriptors:

• *AIR
• *INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• *HOSPITALS
• USSR
• CHILDREN
• DYSENTERY
• ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
• SALMONELLA
• ESCHERICHIA COLI
• TRANSLATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE