Errors in the diagnosis and management of necrotizing otitis externa

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 506-509

  Jacobsen, Laura M ^a   Antonelli, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GALLIUM 67; ITRACONAZOLE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE STUDY; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION ERROR; NECROTIC EXTERNAL OTITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTALGIA; OTITIS; OTORRHEA; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL BONE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957286757     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.924     Document Type: Article

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