Necrotizing external otitis: A report of 46 cases

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 771-773

  Franco Vidal, Valerie ^a   Blanchet, Harold ^a   Bebear, Cécile ^a   Dutronc, Hervé ^a   Darrouzet, Vincent ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Malignant external otitis; Necrotizing external otitis; Osteitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GALLIUM 67; OFLOXACIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OFLOXACIN; OTITIS EXTERNA; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPURATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548279474     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31805153bd     Document Type: Article

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