The nose as bacterial reservoir: Important differences between the vestibule and cavity

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 426-428

  Glück, Ulrich ^a   Gebbers, Jan Olaf ^a  

^a SUVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Infection control; Nose

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0343502998     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200003000-00019     Document Type: Article

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