Naslov
Biofilm- The other name for the regular mucosal blanket

Autori
Mladina, Ranko ; Skitarelić, Neven ;

Izvornik
Medical hypotheses (0306-9877) 75 (2010); 391-392

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
bacterial biofilm, chronic rhinosinusitis

Sažetak
Bacterial biofilms have been found in many human bacterial infectious processes including chronic rhinosinusitis. It was found also at the surface of nasal polyps, and both at the surface of the nasal part and the stalk of the antrochoanal polyp. However, our recent research clearly demonstrated the presence of the biofilm at the surface of the mucosa of the healthy paranasal sinuses as well. Our hypothesis therefore is that the biofilm in the nose and paranasal sinuses is nothing else but regular respiratory mucosal blanket, a part of the mucociliary system itself, containing variable number of bacteria.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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