The relationship of biofilms to chronic rhinosinusitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-241

  Hunsaker, Darrell H ^a,c   Leid, Jeff G ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Planktonic; Polymicrobial

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; INFECTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TONSILLITIS; TRACHEOTOMY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MYCOSES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 43549121706     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282fdc6d5     Document Type: Review

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