Outcomes of malignant external otitis: Survival vs mortality

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-94

  Chen, Chun Nan ^a   Chen, Yuh Shyang ^a   Yeh, Te Huei ^a   Hsu, Chuan Jen ^a   Tseng, Fen Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Christian Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cranial nerve; Diabetes mellitus; Malignant external otitis; Osteomyelitis; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALIGNANT EXTERNAL OTITIS; MASTOIDECTOMY; MORTALITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE COURSE; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OTITIS EXTERNA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75449093821     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480902971247     Document Type: Article

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