A biofilm exists on healthy mucosa of the paranasal sinuses: A prospectively performed, blinded, scanning electron microscope study

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-110

  Mladina, R ^a   Skitarelic N ^b   Music S ^c   Ristic M ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL ZADAR   (Croatia)

^c RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHENOID SINUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFILMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950880153     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2010.02097.x     Document Type: Article

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