Evidence for microbial biofilms in cholesteatomas

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1129-1133

  Chole, Richard A ^a,b   Faddis, Brian T ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; KERATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER SURGERY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; GERBIL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036794614     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.128.10.1129     Document Type: Article

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