BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is reported to occur in 12 to 25% of patients who require mechanical ventilation with a mortality rate of 24 to 71%. The endotracheal (ET) tube has long been recognized as a major factor in the development of VAP since biofilm harbored within the ET
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy treatment of chronic recurrent sinusitis biofilms
β Scribed by Merrill A. Biel; Chet Sievert; Marina Usacheva; Matthew Teichert; Jim Balcom
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 199 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2042-6976
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