Bacterial Colonization in Computer Keyboards Posses Health Hazard
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چکیده
Computer keyboards of a teaching laboratory were examined and bacteria isolated from computer keyboards. The subsequent tests done for the bacterial isolates: methyl red, vogus proskaur, citrate utilization, urease TSI. This study paves way to look at an inanimate object like keyboard as potential reservoir bacteria.
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عنوان ژورنال: International journal of recent technology and engineering
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2277-3878']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35940/ijrte.f8547.0110522