Acute coalescent mastoiditis in an infant: an emerging trend?
| Autor: | David J. Malis, Alan B. Seid, Seth M. Pransky, Donald B. Kearns, Anthony E. Magit, Kevin K. Bach |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Mastoiditis medicine.medical_specialty Relative incidence medicine.drug_class Acute otitis media Antibiotics Pneumococcal Infections 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics medicine Intracranial complication Humans Abscess Intensive care medicine business.industry Otitis Media with Effusion Incidence (epidemiology) Infant medicine.disease Pneumococcal infections Otorhinolaryngology Acute Disease Surgery business |
| Zdroj: | Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 119(5) |
| ISSN: | 0194-5998 |
| Popis: | There is some evidence to suggest that the incidence and complications of ACM may be increasing. However, in the current era of widespread access to health care and broad-spectrum antibiotics, an intratemporal or intracranial complication from acute otitis media may not initially be suspected. The reported case is significant in that the patient was very young, had no underlying disease or immunocompromise, and did not have a known antecedent acute otitis media. With the emergence of resistant streptococcal species and prolonged survival in immunocompromised patients, the relative incidence of complications caused by acute otitis media will probably continue to rise, making it imperative that we raise our index of suspicion for previously rare infectious complications of relatively common diseases. |
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