Microbiology of normal external auditory canal

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2054-2059

  Stroman, David M ^a   Roland, Peter S ^b   Dohar, Joseph ^c   Burt, Wayne ^d  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Western Biological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cerumen; External canal; Healthy ear; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ADULT; AGED; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CERUMEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM AURIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FUNGUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCACEAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TURCELLA OTITIDIS;

ADULT; CERUMEN; CHILD; EAR CANAL; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034763584     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200111000-00035     Document Type: Article

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