Use of an in vitro assay for determination of biofilm-forming capacity of bacteria in chronic rhinosinusitis

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 434-438

  Bendouah, Zohra ^a   Barbeau, Jean ^a   Hamad, Walid Abou ^a   Desrosiers, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CULTURE; MALE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PLATING MEDIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750046280     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2006.20.2930     Document Type: Article

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