Topographic distribution of biofilm-producing bacteria in adenoid subsites of children with chronic or recurrent middle ear infections

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-113

  Torretta, Sara ^a   Drago, Lorenzo ^a,b   Marchisio, Paola ^a   Gaffuri, Michele ^a   Clemente, Ignazio Alessandro ^a   Pignataro, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Biofilm; Otitis media with effusion; Otopathogen; Recurrent acute otitis media

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOID HYPERTROPHY; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS PARAINFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873642275     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941312200206     Document Type: Article

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