title: Drug-resistant tuberculous mastoiditis in 2 children.
abstract: Tuberculosis of the middle ear and mastoid is uncommon nowadays. Two cases of drug-resistant tuberculous mastoiditis in immunocompetent Greek native children are reported and the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties of this rare condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Pavlopoulou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theodoridou
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daikos
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lazopoulou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koudoumnakis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Syriopoulou
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010031:Otitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000188:drug therapy*