Skull base osteomyelitis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in atypical presentation

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 121-125

  Singh, Amar ^a   Khabori, Mazin Al ^a   Hyder, M Jamil ^a  

^a AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; SKULL BASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; SKULL BASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144471237     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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