Controlled release of ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone from a single ototopical administration of antibiotic-loaded polymer microspheres and thermoresponsive gel

• Liza A. Bruk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-1629

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• Katherine E. Dunkelberger,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Pawjai Khampang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• Wenzhou Hong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

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• Srivatsun Sadagopan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Cuneyt M. Alper,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Morgan V. Fedorchak

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fedorchak@pitt.edu

  Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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