Cranial nerve involvement in malignant external otitis: Implications for clinical outcome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 907-910

  Mani, Navin ^a   Sudhoff, Holger ^a   Rajagopal, Sandeep ^a   Moffat, David ^a   Axon, Patrick R ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve palsy; Diabetes mellitus; External ear canal; High dose antibiotic treatment; Malignant external otitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACCESSORY NERVE; ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL BONE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CRANIAL NERVES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247866418     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318039b30f     Document Type: Article

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