Quantification of anaerobic diphtheroids on the skin
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https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555558501504Abstract
The widely used technique for sampling skin bacteria employs a detergent (Triton X-100) in buffer solution to remove and suspend the microorganisms. The fraction of the total population of anaerobes on the forehead removed by scrubbing with this solution was estimated. We calculated that approximately 10% of the resident anaerobes were removed by one minute of scrubbing with the detergent solution and two 1-min washes remove approximately 19.5% of the resident anaerobes (8.8 X 10(5)/CM2).Downloads
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1978-11-01
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Aly, R., Maibach, H., & Bloom, E. (1978). Quantification of anaerobic diphtheroids on the skin. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 58(6), 501–504. https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555558501504
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