Candida biofilm formation on voice prostheses

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 199-208

  Talpaert, Moira J ^a   Balfour, Alistair ^b   Stevens, Sarah ^c   Baker, Mark ^b   Muhlschlegel, Fritz A ^a,b   Gourlay, Campbell W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SILANE; SILASTIC; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DEVICE FAILURE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; LARYNGECTOMY; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOICE PROSTHESIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 84923683826     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.078717-0     Document Type: Review

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