Issue N# 4 - 2002
OTOLOGY
Necrotizing external otitis in childhood in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).
Authors : E. Ette Akre, A. Akre, M. J. Tanon, F. Boguifo, L. N'Guessan, V. Koffi-Aka, R. P. Adjoua, B. Kouassi, M. Bamba (Abidjan)
Ref. : Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol. 2002;123,4:225-230.
Article published in french 
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Summary :
Necrotizing external otitis (NEO) is a fulminant Pseudomonas infection of the external auditory canal affecting mainly elderly diabetic patients. Since the early descriptions, many authors have related cases of NEO in non diabetic patients. We report eight cases of NEO in young children. They are less than two years old, they are undernourished and non diabetics. We get a good evolution in spite of our modest therapeutic ways. Emphasis is placed on efficiency of local remedy with colistine
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