Prevention of biofilm formation by dairy products and N-acetylcysteine on voice prostheses in an artificial throat

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 726-731

  Schwandt, Leonora Q ^a,b   Van Weissenbruch, Ranny ^a   Stokroos, Ietse ^b   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^b   Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrity of biofilm; Lifetime; Probiotics; Valve design; Voice prostheses

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FERMENTED PRODUCT; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MICROFLORA; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROAT; YEAST;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; EXPECTORANTS; HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 4143054839     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410022516     Document Type: Article

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