Degradation of polyurethane gastrostomy devices: What is the role of fungal colonization?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 463-469

  Trevisani, Lucio ^a,c   Sartori, Sergio ^a   Rossi, Maria R ^a   Bovolenta, Rita ^b   Scoponi, Marco ^b   Gullini, Sergio ^a   Abbasciano, Vincenzo ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UO Pediatria e Adolescentologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Candida; Electron; Endoscopy; Enteral nutrition; Gastrointestinal; Microscopy; Polyurethanes; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLEANING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYURETHANES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17444408898     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2459-2     Document Type: Article

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