Use of an electronic nose for detection of biofilms

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-33

  Thaler, Erica R ^a,b   Huang, Dan ^a   Giebeig, Lisa ^a   Palmer, James ^a   Lee, Dan ^a   Hanson, C William ^a   Cohen, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Chronic sinusitis; Electronic nose; Infection; Logistic regression; Pseudomonas; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC NOSE DEVICE; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39749138051     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3126     Document Type: Article

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