Two Cases of Malignant External Otitis |
Kwang-Hyeon An, MD, Kwang-Sun Lee, MD, Jae-Ho Kim, MD, and Kwang-Chol Chu, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
악성외이도염 2례 |
안광현 · 이광선 · 김재호 · 추광철 |
울산대학교 의과대학 서울중앙병원 이비인후과학교실 |
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ABSTRACT |
Malignant external otitis is an infectious disease of the external auditory canal, that involves surrounding tissue and base of skull. This disease is an uncommon infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with reduced immunity and in elderly diabetics, and so has high mortalities. The authors report two cases of malignant external otitis. In both cases Staphylococcus aureus was cultured and they had different clinical courses.
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Keywords:
Malignant external otitis. |
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