Necrotizing Otitis Externa: A Disease Barely Known to Neurosurgeons

Necrotizing Otitis Externa: A Disease Barely Known to Neurosurgeons

Necrotizing otitis externa (NOE), also known as malignant otitis externa (MOE), is a severe and rare infectious disease of the external auditory canal (EAC). Without treatment, it may progress to skull base involvement. The bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common causative agent (∼ 90% of...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Augusto Vieira Cançado, Lucídio Duarte de Souza, Rodrigo Moreira Faleiro, José Maurício Siqueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2019-09-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
otitis externa
malignant otitis
necrotizing otitis
diagnosis
cranial base osteomyelitis
treatment
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1596052

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