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Representative TEM of the middle ear mucosa from a child with a history of COME and recurrent AOM. This biopsy was from a 25 month old male, MEE was not collected. Image shows mucus-secreting epithelial cells (12-15 μm) overwhelmed with coccal bacteria in mucus containing vacuoles.
