title: [Necrotizing (malignant) external otitis].
abstract: Five cases of necrotizing (malignant) external otitis were diagnosed during 25 years (from 1984 to 2009). All the patients aged from 60 to 80 years presented with diabetes mellitus. Blue pus bacilli were isolated from the ear canal. One of the 5 patients had bilateral external otitis. All the five underwent radical surgery after conservative therapy had proved inefficient. The treatment completed, the patients were discharged from the hospital in good clinical condition.
authors: V M
authors: VM
authors: Bobrov
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004424:Ear Canal / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents