Discrepancies in the recovery of bacteria from multiple sinuses in acute and chronic sinusitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 879-885

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; NONHUMAN; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; SINUSITIS;

EID: 4544319063     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45655-0     Document Type: Article

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