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Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Auritidibacter ignavus, an Emerging Pathogen Associated with Chronic Ear Infections

Sophie RothComments to Author , Maximilian Linxweiler, Jacqueline Rehner, Georges-Pierre Schmartz, Sören L. Becker, and Jan Philipp Kühn
Author affiliation: Saarland University Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Homburg/Saar, Germany

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Figure 1

Right ears of 2 patients with chronic ear infections who were infected with Auritidibacter ignavus, Germany. A) Patient 1. Auditory canal was swollen and red and contained fungal spores. B) Patient 2. Fibrotic stenosis in the cartilaginous part of the ear canal, which was suggestive of a postinflammatory acquired atresia of the external auditory canal.

Figure 1. Right ears of 2 patients with chronic ear infections who were infected with Auritidibacter ignavus, Germany. A) Patient 1. Auditory canal was swollen and red and contained fungal spores. B) Patient 2. Fibrotic stenosis in the cartilaginous part of the ear canal, which was suggestive of a postinflammatory acquired atresia of the external auditory canal.

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