title: Should potted plants be removed from hospital wards?
abstract: Seventy-nine isolates of Gram-negative bacilli were recovered from 29 potted plants on six surgical wards. The distribution of bacterial species and antibiotic susceptibility patterns revealed no correlation with 235 isolates from nearby patients during the study period. Potted plants do not appear to constitute a bacteriological hazard in the hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Siegman-Igra
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shalem
authors.forename: S A
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authors.lastname: Berger
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authors.lastname: Livio
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authors.lastname: Michaeli
mesh_terms: D001420:Bacteria, Aerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital; D014871:Water Microbiology