Are bulb syringe irrigators a potential source of bacterial contamination in chronic rhinosinusitis?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-401

  Williams, Glenn B ^a   Ross, Linda L ^a   Chandra, Rakesh K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulb syringe; Chronic rhinosinusitis; Contamination; Gram negative; Microbiology; Nasal irrigation; Pseudomonas; Saline; Sinus irrigation; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULB SYRINGE IRRIGATOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHINOSINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; RISK FACTORS; SINUSITIS; SYRINGES;

EID: 51249121638     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3193     Document Type: Article

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