Complications of chronic suppurative otitis media: A left otogenic brain abscess and a right mastoid fistula

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 428-430

  Chew, Yok Kuan ^a   Cheong, Jack Pein ^b   Khir, Abdullah ^c   Brito Mutunayagam, Sushil ^d   Prepageran, Narayanan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SULTANAH AMINAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah   (Malaysia)

^d Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FISTULA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MASTOID FISTULA; MASTOIDECTOMY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SLURRED SPEECH; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI;

EID: 84871178298     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556131209101006     Document Type: Article

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