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  1. Department of ENT, KTÜ Medical Faculty Hospital, 61080, Trabzon

    S. Candan M. D.

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, KTÜ Medical Faculty Hospital, 61080, Trabzon

    M. Katelioglu M. D. & S. Ceylan M. D.

  3. Department of Infection, KTÜ Medical Faculty Hospital, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey

    I. Köksal M. D.

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Candan, S., Katelioglu, M., Ceylan, S. et al. Otogenic brain abscess with pneumocephalus. Infection 18, 191–192 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642114

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