title: Borderline cases of malignant external otitis.
abstract: The cases of four healthy people are presented; each suspected of having contracted malignant external otitis (MEO). In all four patients, the classic symptoms of MEO were present. In two cases, cautrimoxazole was administered orally; the other two patients did not receive any oral antibiotics. In each case, the disease took a benign course. It was concluded that MEO may occur in a wider, healthy population who overcome it quite easily, without recourse to antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Bikur Holim General Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents