| prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients. | mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. one hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals in jazan province of saudi arabia. eighty-nine (83.9%) out of 106 mobile phones were found to be contaminated with bacteria. fifty-two (49.0%) coagulase-negative staphylococcus, 12 (11.3%) staphylococcus aureus, 7 (6.6%) enterobacter cloacae, 3 ( ... | 2014 | 25292217 |
| prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients. | mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. one hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals in jazan province of saudi arabia. eighty-nine (83.9%) out of 106 mobile phones were found to be contaminated with bacteria. fifty-two (49.0%) coagulase-negative staphylococcus, 12 (11.3%) staphylococcus aureus, 7 (6.6%) enterobacter cloacae, 3 ( ... | 2014 | 28156258 |