Alterations of the oropharyngeal microbial flora after adenotonsillectomy in children: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 969-972

  Thuy, My Le ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Van Staaij, Birgit K ^a   Van Den Akker, Emma H ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADENOTONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFLORA; MOUTH FLORA; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THROAT CULTURE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADENOIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 35349000065     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.10.969     Document Type: Article

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