Malignant external otitis: Treatment with prolonged usage of antibiotics and Burow's solution

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-406

  Shimizu, Takeshi ^a   Ishinaga, Hajime ^a   Seno, Satoshi ^a   Majima, Yuichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burow's solution; Malignant external otitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ACETATE SOLUTION; CARBAPENEM; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETATES; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CARBAPENEMS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EAR, EXTERNAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PAROTID GLAND; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26444598062     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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