Infectious complications in pediatric cochlear implants

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1825-1829

  Hopfenspirger, Michael T ^a,b   Levine, Samuel C ^a   Rimell, Frank L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MMC 396 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34848891842     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3180de4d35     Document Type: Article

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