Demonstration of bacterial biofilms in chronic otitis media

Mediterranean Journal of Otology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 64-68

  Pinar, Ercan ^a,b   Öncel, Semih ^a   Karagöz, Ümit ^a   Şener, Gamze ^a   Çalli, Çaǧlar ^a   Tatar, Bekir ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Microbiology Clinic ^*  (Turkey)

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