Biomedical Science Letters (대한의생명과학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 4
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- Pages.257-261
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- 2008
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- 1738-3226(pISSN)
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- 2288-7415(eISSN)
Distribution of Microorganisms Isolated from Cellular Phones
- Kim, Su-Jung (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College) ;
- Kim, Ga-Hyun (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College) ;
- Shin, Eun-Kyung (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College) ;
- Bae, Ji-Hyun (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College) ;
- Jeon, Yu-Ri (Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College)
- 김수정 (대구보건대학 임상병리학과) ;
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- Published : 2008.12.31
Abstract
Cellular phones are the most used electronic device everyday in modern life and are always in contact with our hands, Although many studies have revealed microorganisms living on our hands, there are only a few reports on the research about products or places which are in contact with our hands. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to verify microorganisms living in cellular phones. Microorganisms were scraped from cellular phones of students and professors from the clinical laboratory science department in Daegu Health College, and cultured at Brain Heart Infusion agar and MacConkey agar following API kit to identify them. The average colony number was
Keywords
- Cellular phone;
- S. aureus;
- Acinetobacter baumanni;
- Escherichia coli;
- Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp ozaenae;
- Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp pneuminiae;
- Hand wash