Bacteria and granulation tissue associated with Montgomery T-tubes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1394-1400

  Schmäl, Frank ^a   Fegeler, Wolfgang ^a   Terpe, Hans Joachim ^b   Hermann, Wolfgang ^a   Stoll, Wolfgang ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulation tissue; Microbiology; Silicone tracheal stent; Stent sterilization

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; GENOTYPE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T TUBE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILICONES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENTS; STERILIZATION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0041622775     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200308000-00024     Document Type: Article

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