A microbiological and morphological study of blocked biliary stents

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-88

  Di Rosa, Roberta ^a,c   Basoli, Antonio ^a   Donelli, Gianfranco ^b   Penni, Adrio ^a   Salvatori, Filippo Maria ^a   Fiocca, Fausto ^a   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary stents; Biofilm; Microbial colonization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032985612     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106099435817     Document Type: Article

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