Influence of different combinations of bacteria and yeasts in voice prosthesis biofilms on air flow resistance

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-55

  Elving, G Jolanda ^a,b   van der Mei, Henny ^a   Busscher, Henk ^a   van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^b   Albers, Frans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air flow resistance; Bacteria; Biofilm; Voice prostheses; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; SILASTIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIOFILM; FLOW RESISTANCE; MEDICAL APPLICATION;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; INOCULATION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; ROTHIA; SPEECH REHABILITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILICONES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA TROPICALIS; POSIBACTERIA; ROTHIA; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038748439     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022952712257     Document Type: Article

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