Chronic pseudomonas infections of cochlear implants

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 196-201

  Germiller, John A ^a,c   El Kashlan, Hussam K ^b   Shah, Udayan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cochlear implants; Infection; Prosthesis related infections; Pseudomonas infections; Surgical wound infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS TOBRAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; POVIDONE IODINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REIMPLANTATION; SCALP;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 15744377348     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00011     Document Type: Article

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