Clinico bacteriological evaluation of surface and core microflora in chronic tonsillitis

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-120

  Kumar, Abhay ^a,e   Gupta, Vaishali ^b   Chandra, Kamiesh ^c   Gupta, P ^d   Varshney, Saurabh ^f  

^a ASCOMS and Hospital   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e ENT Centre   (India)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Core pathogens; Surface culture; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROFLORA; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 30944444358     PISSN: 00195421     EISSN: 00195421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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