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The authors acknowledge the Foundation Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter och Jarl Walter Perklén, The Medical Society of Finland, The Research Foundation Orion and HUS Biostatistic Consulting.
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Atte Sjövall has received grants for this project from the subsidiary fund of the Helsinki University Central Hospital; the Foundation Dorothea Olivia, Karl Walter and Jarl Walter Perklén; The Medical Society of Finland; and the Research Foundation Orion. For the remaining authors none were declared.
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Atte Sjövall, Anu Laulajainen-Hongisto, Juha Silvola and Antti Aarnisalo designed the work. Atte Sjövall and Anu Pätäri-Sampo acquired and analysed data. Atte Sjövall drafted the manuscript. Atte Sjövall, Anu Pätäri-Sampo, Juha Silvola, Antti Aarnisalo and Anu Laulajainen-Hongisto revised and approved the manuscript.
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Sjövall, A., Pätäri-Sampo, A., Silvola, J. et al. Acute otitis externa and auricular erysipelas; causative pathogens, antimicrobial susceptibility and treatment strategies of tertiary referral centre patients. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 1025–1029 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04621-w
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