Biofilm formation on bone-anchored hearing aids

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1125-1130

  Monksfield, P ^a   Chapple, I L C ^b   Matthews, J B ^b   Grant, M M ^b   Addison, O ^b   Reid, A P ^a   Proops, D W ^a   Sammons, R L ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilms; bone anchored hearing aid; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Osseointegration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BONE REGENERATION; HEARING AID; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUTURE ANCHOR;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUTURE ANCHORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 80055038761     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215111002143     Document Type: Article

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