Direct evidence of bacterial biofilms in otitis media

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2083-2094

  Post, J Christopher ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Chinchilla; Otitis media; Otitis media with effusion; Tympanostomy tubes.

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CHILD; CHINCHILLA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FETUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 0035205858     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200112000-00001     Document Type: Article

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