The effect of bacterial biofilms on post-sinus surgical outcomes

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Psaltis, Alkis J ^a   Weitzel, Erik K ^a   Ha, Kien R ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Fungus; Pathogenesis; Polyposis; Postsurgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE POLYP; NOSE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUSES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749169685     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3119     Document Type: Article

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