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Microbiological investigation of samples collected from healthy middle ears during cochlear implant surgery.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Aug 2021
Kalcioglu Mahmut Tayyar, Durmaz Rıza, Ari Oguz, Celik Serdal, Karabudak Sema
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This study aimed to investigate the bacteriome in microscopically healthy middle ear mucosa using Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. A total of 60 middle ear washing fluids of pediatric and adult were obtained from 47 patients (35 children and 12 adults). Both children and adults with normal middle ears harbored diverse bacteriome. Seventeen different genera with a mean relative abundance of more than...
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