Can diagnostic ultrasound scanners be a potential vector of opportunistic bacterial infection?
Can diagnostic ultrasound scanners be a potential vector of opportunistic bacterial infection?
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Timisoara: Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology
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English
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Timisoara: Romanian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology
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Ultrasound examinations are recognised as being safe. The greatest epidemiological threat during the performance of examination is the transfer of pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms between patients and from personnel to patients. Colonization of the skin with opportunistic bacteria of immunocompromised and high risk patients may lead to i...
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Can diagnostic ultrasound scanners be a potential vector of opportunistic bacterial infection?
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1838667431
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1838667431
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1844-4172
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2066-8643
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10.11152/mu.2013.2066.183.sko
