Otitis externa malignum.
Twelve elderly diabetic patients with Pseudomonas otitis externa malignum were successfully treated with norfloxacin as monotherapy for 2-5 weeks, using 400 mg b.i.d. Patients tolerated the courses with no side effects, except some drowsiness in two patients, and all completed the course. The bacteriological and clinical cure rate was 100%, without resorting to surgery.
Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009643:Norfloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D009643:Norfloxacin