The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Investigation of the Presence of Biofilms in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, Nonsuppurative Otitis Media, and Chronic Otitis Media with Cholesteatoma by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Table 3

The presence of biofilm in acquired cholesteatoma specimens.
Description of specimenThe number of biofilm positive samplesThe number of biofilm negative samples
Cholesteatoma middle ear mucosa5 (38.4%)A:38 (61.6%)A:6
S:1S:1
PT:1PT:1
Cholesteatoma mastoid tissue2 (15.3%)A:211 (84.7%)A:7
S:0S:2
PT:0PT:2
Cholesteatoma ossicle samples 2 (15.3%)A:211 (84.7%)A:7
S:0S:2
PT:0PT:2
A: attic; S: sinus tympani; PT: pars tensa.