Biofilm and persistent inflammation in endoscopic sinus surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-698

  Hochstim, Christian J ^a   Masood, Rizwan ^a   Rice, Dale H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; EOSINOPHILIA; ETHMOID SINUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NOSE ALLERGY; NOSE POLYP; RHINOSINUSITIS;

BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NASAL MUCOSA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARANASAL SINUSES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 78049285841     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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