American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 145-149 , May 2010

Bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility of pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis: a 6-year result of maxillary sinus punctures

  • Chung-Han Hsin, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mao-Chang Su, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chien-Han Tsao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Yi Chuang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital and School of Medicine, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ming Liu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 1 Chang-Teh Street, Taipei 10016, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 3123456x65224; fax: +886 2 23410905.

Received 20 October 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00256-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.11.014

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 145-149 , May 2010

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