Intracranial complications of chronic suppurative otitis media.
Twenty-nine patients with chronic suppurative otitis media with intracranial complications are reviewed. The complications occurred predominantly in young patients with a mean age of 17 years. The most common complication was brain abscess (n = 20). The others were meningitis (n = 3), subdural abscess (n = 3), perisinus abscess (n = 2) and otitic intracranial hypertension (n = 1). The common pathogens were Gram-negative bacilli, especially Proteus and anaerobic organisms, respectively. The mortality rate was 7%.
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen University, Thailand.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors