Investigation of the Presence of Biofilms in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, Nonsuppurative Otitis Media, and Chronic Otitis Media with Cholesteatoma by Scanning Electron Microscopy
Figure 1
(a) Scanning electron micrograph of middle ear tissue covered with biofilm. Arrows indicate the extracellular material connected to the bacteria. The specimen was removed from a patient undergoing surgery for nonsuppurative chronic otitis media ((b) and (c) higher magnifications of same pictures).
