A Case of Acute Otitis Media Caused by Providencia stuartii.
- Author:
Hyunbae JEON
1
;
Sung Ha KANG
;
Dong Hun SHIN
;
Young Chul KIM
;
Wonkeun SONG
;
Kyu Man LEE
;
Hyoun Chan CHO
;
Chan Hum PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Clinical Pathology and Otolaryngology,* Hallym University College of Medicine, Chun Cheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:In Vitro ; Case Report
- Keywords:
Providencia stuartii;
Acute otitis media;
Otorrhea
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Child, Preschool;
Ear, Middle;
Humans;
Otitis Media*;
Otitis*;
Providencia*;
Suppuration
- From:Korean Journal of Clinical Pathology
2001;21(5):381-384
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Providencia stuartii is occasionally isolated from patients with chronic otitis media, however it has not been reported as a cause of acute otitis media so far. We recently isolated P. stuartii from the pus specimen of right middle ear of a 2-year-old patient with acute otitis media. The patient was admitted because of right-sided otorrhea for 2 weeks. The symptom was not relieved by first-line empirical antibiotics (amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and netilmicin), but it was subsided dramatically with the changed antibiotics (ceftriaxone and amikacin); the isolate was susceptible to these two antibiotics in in vitro susceptibility testing. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of acute otitis media caused by P. stuartii.
