Nasopharyngeal biofilm-producing otopathogens in children with nonsevere recurrent acute otitis media

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-996

  Torretta, Sara ^a   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Drago, Lorenzo ^a   Baggi, Elena ^a   De Vecchi, Elena ^a   Garavello, Werner ^a   Nazzari, Erica ^a   Pignataro, Lorenzo ^a   Esposito, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

biofilm; nasopharynx; otopathogens; recurrent acute otitis media

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL BIOFILM PRODUCING OTOPATHOGEN; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84864761136     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812438169     Document Type: Article

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