Identification of infectious Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in an occupational saturation diving environment.

doi:10.1136/oem.55.7.480

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Identification of infectious Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in an occupational saturation diving environment.

Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Jul 1998

Ahlén C, Mandal L H, Iversen O J

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OBJECTIVES: Occupational saturation divers have various skin disorders, of which skin infections are the most serious and frequent. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the microbe most often isolated from skin infections in divers. The purpose of the present work was (a) to report the occurrence of P aerug...

Topics

DNA, Bacterial
Diving
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Genotype
Humans
Occupational Diseases
Otitis Externa
Pseudomonas Infections
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Serotyping
Skin Diseases, Bacterial

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