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Acute otitis externa and auricular erysipelas; causative pathogens, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment strategies of tertiary referral centre patients

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the Foundation Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter och Jarl Walter Perklén, The Medical Society of Finland, The Research Foundation Orion and HUS Biostatistic Consulting.

Funding

Atte Sjövall has received grants for this project from the subsidiary fund of the Helsinki University Central Hospital; the Foundation Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter and Jarl Walter Perklén; The Medical Society of Finland; and the Research Foundation Orion. For the remaining authors none were declared.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Kasarmikatu 11-13, P.O. Box 263, FIN-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland

    Atte Sjövall, Antti Aarnisalo & Anu Laulajainen-Hongisto

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, HUSLAB, HUS Diagnostic Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 3, FIN-00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland

    Anu Pätäri-Sampo

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Viken, Norway

    Juha Silvola

  4. University of Oslo, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Campus Ahus, Sykehusveien 25, 1474 Nordbyhagen, Oslo, Akershus and Oslo, Norway

    Juha Silvola

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Atte Sjövall, Anu Laulajainen-Hongisto, Juha Silvola and Antti Aarnisalo designed the work. Atte Sjövall and Anu Pätäri-Sampo acquired and analysed data. Atte Sjövall drafted the manuscript. Atte Sjövall, Anu Pätäri-Sampo, Juha Silvola, Antti Aarnisalo and Anu Laulajainen-Hongisto revised and approved the manuscript.

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Sjövall, A., Pätäri-Sampo, A., Silvola, J. et al. Acute otitis externa and auricular erysipelas; causative pathogens, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment strategies of tertiary referral centre patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 1025–1029 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04621-w

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