SUPPURATIVE DISEASE OF THE EAR.

Modern Trends in the Treatment of Chronic Suppurative Middle Ear Disease *

WE are now at a most exciting period in the history of otology-you might even call it a renaissance. Certainly the basic structure of the subject is undergoing vast changes, and to keep in the front line of these changes and the impact they make is a challenge in itself. Even the theories about the pathogenesis of chronic suppurative otitis media, unchallenged for one hundred years, are being c...

The Long Fox Lecture: Suppurative Disease in the Nose and Ear

Penicillin in Suppurative Disease of the Lungs

Penicillin was first described in 1929 by Fleming,2 who suggested in his original report that it might prove to be a useful chemotherapeutic agent. It has more recently been developed through the investigations of Chain, Florey, and their collaborators'4' S to a point which has made it possible to undertake therapeutic trial in human infections.4 Among the considerable variety of bacterial spec...

Paediatric Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease

Introduction The true prevalence of chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) and other respiratory illness in Indigenous children is unknown. There is however little doubt that the burden of CSLD is disproportionately high in remote and rural Indigenous communities. In Central Australia the prevalence of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) proven bronchiectasis in children (<15 years) is ...

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease- A Clinical Viewpoint

Recent developments in medicine have given us a better insight into a group of disorders known as autoimmune diseases. In particular, advances have occurred in our understanding of the Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease (AIED). In this article, the authors review the different postulated theories in the pathogenesis of this disease. The clinical presentation, the available para-clinical diagnostic to...