Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics
Malignant otitis externas is an uncommon potentially fatal infectien ef the external ear caused by Pseudomona aeruginosa. It occurs usually in elderly diabetics and is followed by rapid invasion of the deep perisuricular tissue and bone leading to osteomyelitis. We Present such a patient whose disea...
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| author | Deepa Bhargava Chris Waite Samir S. Hussein Dilip Sankhla Hussein Sir El Khatim Nicholas J.Y. Woodhouse |
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| description | Malignant otitis externas is an uncommon potentially fatal infectien ef the external ear caused by Pseudomona aeruginosa. It occurs usually in elderly diabetics and is followed by rapid invasion of the deep perisuricular tissue and bone leading to osteomyelitis. We Present such a patient whose disease persisted inspite of twe months antibiotic therapy until the concomitant of hyperbaric oxygen therapy was given over a period ef four weeks. Cemplete recovery followed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-07c75879648d42c389edb9b291ca5a682022-12-22T02:13:03ZengSultan Qaboos UniversitySultan Qaboos University Medical Journal2075-051X2075-05281999-01-011147501109Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and AntibioticsDeepa Bhargava0Chris Waite1Samir S. Hussein2Dilip Sankhla3Hussein Sir El Khatim4Nicholas J.Y. Woodhouse5Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanWudam Naval Base, Royal Oman NavyDepartment of Radioloy, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartment of Radioloy, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 35, Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine , Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 35 , Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine , Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 35 , Al-Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of OmanMalignant otitis externas is an uncommon potentially fatal infectien ef the external ear caused by Pseudomona aeruginosa. It occurs usually in elderly diabetics and is followed by rapid invasion of the deep perisuricular tissue and bone leading to osteomyelitis. We Present such a patient whose disease persisted inspite of twe months antibiotic therapy until the concomitant of hyperbaric oxygen therapy was given over a period ef four weeks. Cemplete recovery followed.https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squmj/article/view/1179na |
| spellingShingle | Deepa Bhargava Chris Waite Samir S. Hussein Dilip Sankhla Hussein Sir El Khatim Nicholas J.Y. Woodhouse Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal na |
| title | Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics |
| title_full | Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics |
| title_fullStr | Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics |
| title_short | Malignant Otitis Externa and Temporal Bone Osteomyelitis: Complete Recovery Following the Adjunctive use of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Antibiotics |
| title_sort | malignant otitis externa and temporal bone osteomyelitis complete recovery following the adjunctive use of hyperbaric oxygen and antibiotics |
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