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Necrotizing external otitis treated with ciprofloxacin

A case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

F. Sabater*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
J. Mensa
Affiliation:
Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
J. Doménech
Affiliation:
Dept. of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
M. Loncá
Affiliation:
Dept. of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
M. Carulla
Affiliation:
Dept. of Otolaryngology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
*
Dr. F. Sabater, Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital Clínico, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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