Biofilms in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 612-616

  Bezerra, Thiago Freire Pinto ^a   De Melo Padua, Francini Grecco ^a   Gebrim, Eloisa Maria Mello Santiago ^a   Saldiva, Paulo Hilaŕio Nascimento ^a   Voegels, Richard Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult; Biofilms; Nasal polyps; Sinus; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; CHRONIC RHINITIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; HUMAN; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE POLYP; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE MUCOSA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL POLYPS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 84855546592     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811399536     Document Type: Article

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