Malignant external otitis.
Malignant external otitis was first identified by Chandler in 1968 as a significant otologic entity. Since then its mortality rate has steadily declined. This is due to increased awareness, earlier diagnosis and appropriate antibiotic therapy. A review of five years' experience with this condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, is presented. The use of radionuclide scanning in diagnosis and determining duration of therapy is stressed.
McShane
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Chapnik
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Noyek
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Vellend
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging