IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS SPP. ISOLATED FROM CANINE CHRONIC OTITIS EXTERNA

Identification and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from canine chronic otitis externa

Swab samples obtained from 96 dogs with chronic otitis externa were cultured for the isolation of Staphylococcus species.Of 57 staphylococcal strains, 41 (72%) were coagulase-negative (CNS).The identification of staphylococci strains was made by standard procedures for the routine identification of staphylococci in clinical whelen arges spotlight p

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Accuracy of Large Language Models When Answering Clinical Research Questions: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

BackgroundLarge language models (LLMs) have flourished and gradually become an important research and application direction in the medical field.However, due to the high degree of specialization, complexity, and specificity of medicine, which results in extremely high accuracy requirements, controversy remains about whether LLMs can be used in the

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Tinnitus and other auditory problems - occupational noise exposure below risk limits may cause inner ear dysfunction.

The aim of the investigation was to study if dysfunctions associated to the cochlea or its regulatory system can be found, and possibly explain hearing problems in subjects with normal or near-normal audiograms.The design was a prospective study of subjects recruited from the general population.The included subjects were persons with auditory probl

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