An in-vitro device for the assessment of biofilm mediated voice prosthesis damage: How we do it

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 481-484

  Rodrigues, E ^a   Chong, K ^a   Holmes, A R ^a   Cannon, R D ^a   Ruske, D R ^b   Dawes, P J D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOPRENE; SILICON;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNGECTOMY; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR FORMATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 70349490797     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01996.x     Document Type: Letter

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