Influence of the Provox flush®, blowing and imitated coughing on voice prosthetic biofilms in vitro

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-551

  Free, R H ^a,b   Van Der Mei, H C ^b   Elving, G J ^b   Van Weissenbruch, R ^a   Albers, F W J ^a   Busscher, H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airflow; Biofilm; Laryngectomy; Provox flush; Voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; PHOSPHATE;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROFLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REDUCTION; VOICE; YEAST;

AIR; BIOFILMS; COUGH; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; WATER;

EID: 0038627918     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028118     Document Type: Article

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