Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Results of Bacterial Culture From Patients With Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Abstract

Although the similarities between preoperative and intraoperative culture results were relatively high, remaining or different pathogens also may have been present from intraoperative mastoid granulation tissue culture. Patients with preoperative MRSA were at high risk of postoperative otorrhea.