Malignant external otitis with optic neuritis

Malignant external otitis(MEO) is a progressive necrotizing infection which spreads to the skull base. The causative organism is usually Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 90% of the patients are diabetic. The infection gains access to the skull base at the temporal bone. Cranial nerve involvement is common...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Laryngoscope 1986-09, Vol.96 (9), p.1021-1023
Hauptverfasser:	Holder, Clinton D., Gurucharri, Michael, Bartels, Loren J., Colman, Marc F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Blindness - etiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications Ent and stomatologic bacterial diseases Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Optic Neuritis - etiology Otitis Externa - complications Otitis Externa - etiology Pseudomonas Infections - complications
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