Correlation between presence of viable bacteria and presence of endotoxin in middle-ear effusions

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3417-3419

  Dingman, Jeffrey R ^a   Rayner, Mark G ^b   Mishra, Suman ^c   Zhang, Yingze ^a   Ehrlich, Miles D ^a   Post, J Christopher ^a   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIMULUS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031718332     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3417-3419.1998     Document Type: Article

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