| Literature DB >> 7073278 |
P S Hayes, D L McGiboney, J D Band, J C Feeley.
Abstract
Mycobacterium chelonei-like organisms have been isolated from patients in two outbreaks of peritonitis involving chronic peritoneal dialysis machines routinely disinfected with 2 to 3% formaldehyde. Susceptibility studies revealed that water-adapted M. chelonei-like organism strains could survive 2 h of exposure to 10% formaldehyde.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7073278 PMCID: PMC241901 DOI: 10.1128/aem.43.3.722-724.1982
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792