Effective Treatment of Acute Otitis Externa: a Comparison of Steroid Antibiotic Versus 10% Ichthammol Glycerine Pack
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Acute otitis externa.
Acute otitis externa, also known as 'swimmer's ear', is a common disease of children, adolescents and adults. While chronic suppurative otitis media or acute otitis media with tympanostomy tubes or a perforation can cause acute otitis externa, both the infecting organisms and management protocol are different. This practice point focuses solely on managing acute otitis externa, without acute ot...
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Acute otitis externa is a common condition involving inflammation of the ear canal. The acute form is caused primarily by bacterial infection, with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus the most common pathogens. Acute otitis externa presents with the rapid onset of ear canal inflammation, resulting in otalgia, itching, canal edema, canal erythema, and otorrhea, and often occurs foll...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0019-5421,0973-7707
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-010-0055-z