Bacterial cultures of the middle meatus and bronchoalveolar lavage in chronic rhinosinusitis

ORL

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Ragab, Ahmed ^a,b   Clement, Peter ^a   Vincken, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Menoufia University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Small airway disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUSITIS;

EID: 33847031239     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097407     Document Type: Article

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