Drug-resistant tuberculous mastoiditis in 2 children.
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.
Pavlopoulou
I D
ID
First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Theodoridou
M
M
Daikos
G L
GL
Lazopoulou
D K
DK
Koudoumnakis
E
E
Papadopoulos
L
L
Syriopoulou
V P
VP
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*