Cost-effective airway cultures in the cystic fibrosis patient

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-152

  Ghegan, Mark D ^a   Wise, Sarah K ^a   White, David R ^a   Flume, Patrick A ^a   Bowman, C Michael ^a   Virella Lowell, Isabel ^a   Schlosser, Rodney J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANASAL SINUSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349256087     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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