Anatomical evidence of microbial biofilms in tonsillar tissues: A possible mechanism to explain chronicity

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 634-636

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; OBSTRUCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0037904430     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.6.634     Document Type: Article

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