Malignant otitis externa: Evolving pathogens and implications for diagnosis and treatment

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-116

  Hobson, Candace E ^a   Moy, Jennifer D ^a   Byers, Karin E ^a   Raz, Yael ^a   Hirsch, Barry E ^a   McCall, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

malignant otitis externa; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; necrotizing otitis externa; otitis externa; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALIGNANT OTITIS EXTERNA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908670675     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814528301     Document Type: Article

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