Microbiology and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of commensal flora in the middle nasal meatus

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 914-918

  Kirtsreesakul, Virat ^a   Tuntaraworasin, Jompon ^a   Thamjarungwong, Benjamas ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bacteriology; Commensal flora; Middle nasal meatus; Nasal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN STEARATE; OXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLORA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOSE CAVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURBINATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDOSCOPY; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; OXACILLIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TURBINATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649102268     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811701209     Document Type: Article

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