Bacteriology of chronic sinusitis and acute exacerbation of chronic sinusitis

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1099-1101

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750166944     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.10.1099     Document Type: Article

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