SEDL / STP / STP1071-EB / STP25324S

Gram Negative Bacteria as Bioaerosols

Hood, MA
Professor, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL

Pages: 11    Published: Jan 1990

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Abstract

Gram negative bacteria as possible etiological agents in respiratory diseases and syndromes associated with heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and humidifying systems are reviewed. A case study of an outbreak of hypersensitivity pneumonitis possibly linked with a gram negative bacterium, Cytophaga, is presented, and sampling and culturing procedures for the enumeration, isolation and identification of gram negative bacteria are discussed.