Direct detection of bacterial biofilms on the middle-ear mucosa of children with chronic otitis media

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-211

  Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a,b   Hu, Fen Ze ^a,b   Gieseke, Armin ^a,c   Nistico, Laura ^a   Nguyen, Duc ^a   Hayes, Jay ^a   Forbes, Michael ^a   Greenberg, David P ^d   Dice, Bethany ^a   Burrows, Amy ^e   Wackym, P Ashley ^e   Stoodley, Paul ^a,b   Post, J Christopher ^a,b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b   Kerschner, Joseph E ^e  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 33745890309     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.2.202     Document Type: Article

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