Microbiology of middle meatus in chronic rhinosinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Araujo, Elisabeth ^a   Palombini, Bruno C ^a   Cantarelli, Vladimir ^b   Pereira, Alexandre ^a   Mariante, Afonso ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Weinmann Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NOSE SECRETION; PATHOGENICITY; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037241475     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240301700103     Document Type: Article

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