Pneumococcal meningitis post cochlear implantation: Development of an animal model in the guinea pig

Hearing Research

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 108-115

  Niedermeier, Katharina ^a   Braun, Susanne ^b   Fauser, Claudius ^c   Straubinger, Reinhard K ^d   Stark, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

^c HNO Zentrum Regensburg   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL RISK;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861877097     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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