Study of common aerobic flora of human cerumen

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 613-616

  Campos, A ^a,c   Arias, A ^a   Betancor, L ^b   Rodriguez C ^a   Hernandez A M ^a   Lopez Aguado D ^b   Sierra, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerumen; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CERUMEN; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EPITHELIUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; FLORA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031873202     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002221510014126x     Document Type: Article

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