Recurrent acute otitis media associated meningitis in a patient with a contralateral cochlear implant and bilateral cochleovestibular dysplasia

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1091-1093

  Belmont, Michael J ^a   Arjmand, Ellis M ^b  

^a East Tennessee Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Cochlear implant; Meningitis; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; COCHLEAR DISEASES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MENINGITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242784898     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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