A sheep model to investigate the role of fungal biofilms in sinusitis: Fungal and bacterial synergy

International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 340-347

  Boase, Sam ^a   Valentine, Rowan ^a   Singhal, Deepti ^a   Tan, Lor Wai ^a   Wormald, Peter John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. alternata; A. fumigatus; AFRS; Animal model; CRS; S. aureus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; MALE; NASAL MUCOSA; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861235997     PISSN: 20426976     EISSN: 20426984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/alr.20066     Document Type: Article

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