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Isolation of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma hominis From Public Toilet Bowls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Israel Potasman ,
Amnon Oren  and
Isaac Srugo
Israel Potasman*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Amnon Oren
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Isaac Srugo
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Bnai Zion Medical Center, and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
*
Infectious Diseases Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, 47 Golomb St, Haifa 31048, Israel
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Abstract

The presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, and Chlamydia trachomatis was explored in 50 public restroom toilet bowls. We used culture, antigen detection, polymerase chain reaction, and survival assay. Five bowls (10%) were contaminated with at least one organism. U urealyticum was found in four bowls, M hominis in three, and C trachomatis in one. U urealyticum survived on the toilet rim for up to 2 hours.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 66 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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