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

Figure 4

This image shows the surface of a middle ear of a patient with chronic suppurative otitis media. The specimen was used as a control in our study. Note the relatively smooth surface and lack of organisms.
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