Examining the Evidence for an Adult Healthy Middle Ear Microbiome
ABSTRACT Otitis media (OM) is a cluster of diseases of the middle ear that commonly result from bacterial infection. OM subtypes in which the tympanic membrane is intact (acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion) are presumed to result from pathogen translocation through the eustachian tube...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-10-01
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Series: | mSphere |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00456-19 |