Comparison of biofilm formation on new phonax and provox 2 voice prostheses - A pilot study

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 886-895

  Leonhard, Matthias ^a   Moser, Doris ^a   Reumueller, Adrian ^a   Mancusi, Gudrun ^a   Bigenzahn, Wolfgang ^a   Schneider Stickler, Berit ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofilm adhesion; Candida albicans; Polyurethane; Silicone; Voice prostheses

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; POLYURETHAN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NECK DISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE; VOICE PROSTHESIS;

AGED; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 77954419679     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21276     Document Type: Article

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