Influence of smoking on pharyngeal flora

Acta Microbiologica Hellenica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-229

  Exindari, M ^a   Gioula, G ^a   Godosis, D ^a   Raphailides, V ^a   Svarnas, G ^a   Tamvakeras, P ^a   Kyriazopoulou Dalaina, V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flora; Pharynx; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ERGOCALCIFEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM STAINING; GROUPS BY AGE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NON HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNX; SAMPLE; SMOKING; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHETE; STAFF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SPIROCHAETACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 57449105959     PISSN: 04389573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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