Effect of the warm and wet environment of the swimming-pool on the bacterial flora of the external ear canal and development of otitis externa in children who attend to swimming course

Objective: Especially in the summer season, there is an increased incidence of ear infections in the children who attend to the swimming pools. The most frequent ear infection in this group is otitis externa. This study was planned in order to examine whether the microbiologic flora of the normal ex...

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Main Authors: Ertap Akoğlu, Meryem Çetin, Yusuf Önlen, Nizam Duran, Özlem Sangün, Lütfü Savaş, Sebahattin Ocak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2006-03-01
Series:Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access: http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/effect-of-the-warm-and-wet-environment-of-the-swim/43725