title: Use of pre-reduced swabs in bacteriology of chronic suppurative otitis media.
abstract: A simple, safe and effective procedure for improving the bacterial isolation in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is described. It is most useful for the isolation of aerobes as well as anaerobes from the middle ear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Indudharan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Haq
mesh_terms: D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling