Ear tuberculosis: clinical and surgical treatment.
Two main points are discussed in this paper: First, the changing picture of the clinical process of tuberculosis, and second, various diagnostic problems caused by extra-pulmonary forms. We have analysed a case of ear tuberculosis in a child, and drawn the following conclusions: Directed chemotherapy is the primary method of treatment, and surgical methods should be used to provide tissue for bacteriological and histopathological analysis, to enable an early diagnosis during the first stage of the disease, and in other atypical cases.
Chmielik
Lechoslaw Pawel
LP
Department of Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University, Warsaw, Poland. l.p.chmielik@chmielik.pl
Ziolkowski
Jerzy
J
Koziolek
Renata
R
Kulus
Marek
M
Chmielik
Mieczyslaw
M
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents