In vivo resistance to bacterial biofilm formation on tympanostomy tubes as a function of tube material

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 621-627

  Saidi, Iyad S ^a,b   Biedlingmaier, John F ^a,b,c   Whelan, Philip ^a,c  

^a Univ of Maryland Medical System ^*

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

^c Maryland General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GUINEA PIG; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER IMPREGNATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 0032907494     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hn.1999.v120.a94162     Document Type: Article

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