Published in Cureus
Objective Chronic otorrhoea is a disease of the ear that lasts for more than 6-12 weeks, through a perforated tympanic membrane. We sought to determine the cause of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) at our institute. Methodology Ear swabs taken from enrolled patients (n=139) were sent for culture and sensitivity. Statistical analysis was done...
Published in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
A 57-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) receiving mechanical ventilation developed intractable right temporal headache. She was diagnosed with brain abscess secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media. In this case, the otitis media was caused by nasopharyngeal reflux associated with eustachian tube muscle weakness and a supi...
Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Antibiotics are over-prescribed in low-and-middle-income countries, where the infection rate is high. The global paucity of standard treatment guidelines and reliable diagnose-specific prescription data from high-infection risk departments such as the otorhinolaryngology (ENT: ears, nose and throat) is a barrier to rationalize antibiotic use and co...
Published in Journal of leukocyte biology
Otitis media (OM) is one of the most common ear diseases affecting humans. Children are at greater risk and suffer most frequently from OM, which can cause serious deterioration in the quality of life. OM is generally classified into two main types: acute and chronic OM (AOM and COM). AOM is characterized by tympanic membrane swelling or otorrhea a...
Published in The Journal of International Advanced Otology
OBJECTIVES We investigated the epidemiological and antibiotic resistance differences in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in patients with otitis media with effusion (OME), acute otitis media (AOM), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), and chronic cholesteatomatous otitis media (CCOM). MATERIALS and METHODS We conduc...
Published in Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Objectives: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a serious disease with the presence of bacterial infection in the middle ear. Worldwide, 1% to 46% of the population living in developed and developing countries have CSOM, about 65-330 million people, 60% of whom have significant hearing loss. The study of the wound healing efficacy and tolera...
Published in Vestnik otorinolaringologii
Цель исследования - анализ обращаемости больных хроническим гнойным средним отитом (ХГСО) и оказания им хирургической помощи в Москве за период с 2009 по 2016 г. Заболеваемость ХГСО в Москве за 2016 г. составила 0,14 случая на 1000 населения, а распространенность - 1,23. На основании статистических отчетов ЛОР-стационаров Москвы отмечен существенны...
Published in Vestnik otorinolaringologii
Среди всех хронических заболеваний ЛОР-органов хронический гнойный средний отит (ХГСО) является наиболее частой патологией (до 48,8%). В отохирургии появляются новые методы хирургического лечения, а также происходит модифицирование уже известных методов, направленных на улучшение послеоперационных результатов и реабилитации пациентов. Цель работы -...
Published in Emerging infectious diseases
We found that 20 (10.6%) of 188 patients with chronic suppurative otitis media in Angola were co-colonized with fluoroquinolone-resistant Alcaligenes faecalis, commonly found in birds. A likely explanation for our findings was the use of bird feces by residents as a traditional remedy to prevent ear secretions caused by primary ear infection.
Published in Audiology research
