Table 1.

Details of 17 cadavers included in the data.

Cadaver	CT	Contamination left/right ear	MO EEC	MO MEC
1	N/A	left: not contaminated	N/A	N/A
		right: contaminated
2	N/A	left: contaminated	left: Malassezia pachydermatis	left: Micrococcus sp.,
		right: excluded		Enterococcus gallinarum
3	performed	left: excluded	right: Malassezia pachydermatis	right: Bacillus sp.
		right: contaminated
4	performed	left: contaminated	left: Enhydrobacter aerosaccus	left: negative
		right: not contaminated	right: Acinetobacter johnsonii	right: negative
5	performed	left: excluded	right: Ochrobactrum intermedium	right: Enterococcus gallinarum,
		right: not contaminated		Microbacterium paraoxidans
6	N/A	left: contaminated	left: negative	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
7	performed	left: contaminated	left: Malassezia pachydermatis, Candida albicans	left: Malassezia pachydermatis, Candida albicans
		right: excluded
8	performed	left: not contaminated	left: negative	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: Kocuria sp., Staphylococcus xylosus,	right: negative
			Staphylococcus sciuri ssp. Sciuri
9	performed	left: contaminated	left: Bacillus sp., Malassezia pachydermatis	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
10	N/A	left: excluded	right: Staphylococcus equorum	right: negative
		right: contaminated
11	performed	left: not contaminated	left: Bacillus sp.	left: negative
		right: not contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
12	performed	left: not contaminated	left: negative	left: negative
		right: not contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
13	performed	left: contaminated	left: Staphylococcus warneri	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: Bacillus sp.	right: negative
14	performed	left: not contaminated	left: Staphylococcus pseudintermedius	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
15	performed	left: contaminated	left: Staphylococcus epidermidis	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: negative	right: negative
16	performed	left: contaminated	left: Macrococcus	left: negative
		right: excluded	caseolyticus
17	performed	left: contaminated	left: negative	left: negative
		right: contaminated	right: negative	right: negative

MO, microorganisms; EEC external ear canal; MEC middle ear cavity; N/A, not available.