Table 4.

Microbial culture results regarding previous antibiotic treatment.

	EEC positive cultures in total	MEC positive cultures in total	EEC positive cultures of bacteria	MEC positive cultures of bacteria	EEC positive culture of yeast	MEC positive culture of yeast
total number of samples (n = 26)	57.7%	15.4%	23.1%	11.5%	34.6%	3.9%
no history of antibiotic treatment (n = 17)	64.7%	11.8%	29.4%	11.8%	35.3%	0%
previous antibiotic treatment (n = 4)	75%	25%	0%	0%	75%	25%
not documented (n = 5)	20%	20%	20%	20%	0%	0%

EEC, external ear canal; MEC, middle ear cavity.