Traumatic cholesteatoma presenting as a brain abscess: A case report

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-67

  Majmundar, Kshitij ^a,b   Shaw, Travis ^a   Sismanis, Aristides ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Otogenic brain abscess; Temporal bone fracture; Traumatic cholesteatoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR CANAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; SKULL FRACTURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYMPANOPLASTY;

EID: 12344281329     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200501000-00011     Document Type: Article

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