Prevention of voice prosthesis biofilms: Current scenario and future trends in prolonging prosthesis lifetime

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 175-180

  Sayed, Sushail I ^a   Datta, Sourav ^a   Deore, Nitin ^a   Kazi, Rehan A ^a   Jagade, Mohan V ^a  

^a SIR J J GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Biofilms; Probiotic; Surface modification; Voice prostheses

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

BIOFILM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; VOICE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84859627336     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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