Bacteria in the Chronic Ear
| Autor: | V. Raunio, Tauno Palva, J. Kärjä, Antti Palva |
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| Rok vydání: | 1969 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Cholesteatoma medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Staphylococcal infections Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Streptomycin otorhinolaryngologic diseases Mastoid antrum medicine Colistin Middle ear sense organs Ear canal business Staphylococcus medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | ORL. 31:30-45 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0275 0301-1569 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000274877 |
| Popis: | Results of bacteriological analyses carried out in 480 chronic ears showed that initially, 401 ears (83.5%) were infected; the most frequent bacteria were Ps. aeruginosa and St. aureus (22.5 and 21.3%). Local preoperative treatment reduced the number of infected ears to 48.2%. Specimens from the mastoid antrum and/or cells were positive in 50% of cholesteatoma ears and 20% of chronic ostitic ears. Bacteria were cultured even in 11% in dry or culture-negative ears. Ps. aeruginosa strains were most sensitive to streptomycin (69%) and next to colistin (31%). St. aureus was best sensitive to streptomycin (90%) and chloramphenicol (72%). Against Proteus strains, streptomycin was the most effective (82%) followed next by chloramphenicol (70%). Postoperative wound infection appeared in 11 ears (2.3%) and was most often due to St. aureus. Prolonged middle ear and ear canal infection continued postoperatively in 37 ears (7.7%), the main agent being Ps. aeruginosa. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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