Nasal cytology: The "infectious spot", an expression of a morphological-chromatic biofilm

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1105-1109

  Gelardi, M ^a   Passalacqua, G ^b   Fiorella, M L ^a   Mosca, A ^a   Quaranta, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS RHINITIS; INFECTIOUS SPOT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NASAL CYTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; SPORES, FUNGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054727563     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1198-x     Document Type: Article

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