Role of physiological conditions in the oropharynx on the adherence of respiratory bacterial isolates to endotracheal tube poly(vinyl chloride)
- 31 March 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biomaterials
- Vol. 18 (6), 503-510
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0142-9612(96)00170-6
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