American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 150-152 , May 2009

Cost-effective airway cultures in the cystic fibrosis patient

Poster presentation at the American Rhinological Society Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, September 15, 2007.

  • Mark D. Ghegan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology HNS, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah K. Wise, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology HNS, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • David R. White, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology HNS, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick A. Flume, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • C. Michael Bowman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Isabel Virella-Lowell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, MUSC, Charleston, SC, USA
    • ,
  • Rodney J. Schlosser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology HNS, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, 135 Rutledge Avenue, Suite 1130, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. Tel.: +1 843 792 8299; fax: +1 843 792 0546.

Received 28 January 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00050-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.03.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 150-152 , May 2009

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