Case report - Biofilm infection of a cochlear implant

Cochlear Implants International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-120

  Vaid, Neelam ^a   Vaid, Sanjay ^b   Manikoth, Manoj ^c  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Grant Medical Foundation   (India)

^c Dr Manoj's Superspeciality ENT Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cochlear implant

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RUPTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RIFAMPIN; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84874532012     PISSN: 14670100     EISSN: 17547628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1754762811Y.0000000025     Document Type: Review

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