Malignant external otitis as the presentation of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1132-1134

  Pacini, David L ^a   Trevorrow, Thomas ^a   Rao, Mohan K ^a   Birck, Herbert G ^a   Barson, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Malignant external otitis; Necrotizing external otitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; OTITIS EXTERNA;

EID: 0030331023     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199612000-00019     Document Type: Article

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