Does the tonsillar surface flora differ in children with and without tonsillar disease?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 873-878

  Van Staaij, Birgit K ^a   Van Den Akker, Emma H ^b   De Haas Van Dorsser, Elisabeth H M ^b   Fleer, Andre ^c   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Microbiology; Tonsil swab; Tonsillar flora; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0141637132     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310000395     Document Type: Article

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