Pediatric Acute Mastoiditis: Recent Evolutions in Clinical Presentation and Microbiology
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چکیده
Acute mastoiditis is a well-known complication of acute otitis media in children. Last year we noticed some changes: more virulent pathogens, fulminant course the disease and an increased need for surgical treatment children with admitted to our hospital. Recently, other authors have raised same concerns. Based on last 12 consecutive cases pediatric hospital review recent literature, discuss possible change presentation, rate microbiology order raise vigilance possibly changing pathology.
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Acute mAstoiditis in pediAtric populAtion
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2198-7793']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31487/j.scr.2021.09.17