Microbiological contamination of a hemodialysis center water distribution system Contaminação microbiológica no sistema de distribuição de água de um centro de hemodiálise

The microbiological monitoring of the water used for hemodialysis is extremely important, especially because of the debilitated immune system of patients suffering from chronic renal insufficiency. To investigate the occurrence and species diversity of bacteria in waters, water samples were collecte...

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Main Authors: Lilian Bueno Montanari, Flávio Garcia Sartori, Miguel Jorge de Oliveira Cardoso, Samuel Dutra Varo, Regina Helena Pires, Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite, Karina Prince, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-02-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652009000100007