Microbiology of Stents in Laryngotracheal Reconstruction

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 364-367

  Simoni, Payman ^a   Wiatrak, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulation; Laryngotracheoplasty; Microbiology; Stent; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; NEISSERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENT; TRACHEA SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNX; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STENTS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0842277864     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200402000-00034     Document Type: Article

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