Topical ofloxacin for chronic suppurative otitis media and acute exacerbation of chronic otitis media: optimum duration of treatment.

Objective: To assess the optimum duration of topical ofloxacin therapy for chronic otitis media and to compare the response between patients with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) and acute exacerbation of chronic otitis media (AE).

Study Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Five university hospitals and 30 affiliated institutions.

Structure of the palate and pharynx in the house musk shrew (Suncus murinus).

Anatomical features of the palates and pharynges in Suncus murinus were examined through a dissecting microscope. The palatopharyngei (PP) on both sides join at the caudal, median line of the palatine velum and converge in an area immediately caudal to a mucosal notch, the pharyngeal torus before radiating into the dorsal wall of the esophagus. Some muscle bundles of the PP are attached to the veli palatini cartilage.