Has cerumen a protective role in recurrent external otitis?

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-212

  Pata, Yavuz Selim ^a,b   Ozturk, Candan ^a   Akbas, Yucel ^a   Gorur, Kemal ^a   Unal, Murat ^a   Ozcan, Cengiz ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Liparis Plaza   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CERUMEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAMPLING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0041625922     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(03)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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