Malignant external otitis in a nondiabetic adult.
Malignant external otitis (MEO) is classically an indolent but often catastrophic Pseudomonas infection in the elderly diabetic patient. In this report of its occurrence in an elderly nondiabetic patient, aggressive surgical and medical therapy were life-saving. The possibility of MEO should not be casually dismissed in the nondiabetic patient with Pseudomonas external otitis.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*