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The flora of the tonsil and post-operative fossa in adult tonsillectomy patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. C. McIlwain
Affiliation:
ENT Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
J. G. Toner*
Affiliation:
ENT Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
T. J. Stewart
Affiliation:
ENT Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
O. Kwok
Affiliation:
ENT Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
J. B. Campbell
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
J. Hunter
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Departments, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, N., Ireland.
*
Mr. J. G. Toner, ENT Senior Registrar, Eye and Ear Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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