Laser-assisted nasal decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 572-575

  Krespi, Yosef P ^a   Kizhner, Victor ^b  

^a Lennox Hill Hospital   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PEROXIDE;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84865686802     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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