Necrotising otitis externa: an unusual cause of cranial nerve palsy in a diabetic haemodialysis patient
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Necrotising otitis externa: an unusual cause of cranial nerve palsy in a diabetic haemodialysis patient.
We present an unusual case of necrotising otitis externa (NOE) causing a lower motor neurone facial nerve palsy in a patient with diabetes mellitus and receiving maintenance haemodialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common pathogen isolated in NOE, although our case involved the non-typical pathogens Aspergillus flavus and Proteus mirabilis. We discuss...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1478-2715
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2010.106