80 patients (39 males, 41 females) with mastoiditis were treated at Binh Phuoc province from March 2004 to January/2005. The patient’s age of 16 to 58 accounted for highest rate (96.25%). The symptoms such as headache, bad hearing, tinnitus occurred in 100% of patients. There was 81.25% of patients had a history of run ear fluid; 92.5% had myringorupture. Drain the mastoid antrum from upper middle ear was the most common method (98.75%), tympanoplasty was used in 92.5% of patients. Drugs and combination therapy: lincomycine, gentamycine, prednisone, diclofenac and vitamine of B group. Surgery method plays important role in the treatment of mastoiditis.
Mastoiditis ; Therapeutics ; Diagnosis

Chronic Disease ; Humans ; Mastoiditis ; Otitis Media

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Mastoid* ; Mastoiditis* ; Otitis Media* ; Otitis* ; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial*

Humans ; Mastoiditis ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Otitis Media ; diagnosis ; surgery

Female ; Hemifacial Spasm ; etiology ; Humans ; Male ; Mastoiditis ; complications ; Middle Aged

Subdural empyema is a rare form of intracranial sepsis associated with high morbidity and mortality. The most frequent cause is extension of paranasal sinusitis through emissary veins or of mastoiditis through the mucosa, bone, and dura mater. Development of subdural empyema after pyogenic meningitis is known to be very unusual in adults. We report a rare case of fatal subdural empyema, an unusual complication of pyogenic meningitis. Our bitter experience suggests that subdural empyema should be borne in mind in patient with pyogenic meningitis who exhibit neurological deterioration.
Adult ; Dura Mater ; Empyema, Subdural ; Humans ; Mastoid ; Mastoiditis ; Meningitis ; Mucous Membrane ; Sepsis ; Sinusitis ; Veins

Osteomas are benign osteoblastic tumors that occur mainly in the fronto-ethmoid areas ofthe head and neck region. When they occasionally occur in the temporal bone, the external auditory canal is the most common site of origin; they rarely occur in the mastoid region. Moreover, mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis is an extremely rare entity in the temporal bone. Recently, the authors experienced a case of mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis in the left temporal bone. The mastoid osteoma was completely resected itself without a mastoidectomy, only for correction of the cosmetic deformity; the mastoiditis was not treated. Hence, the authors report the first case of a mastoid osteoma with mastoiditis in Korea, along with a review of the related literature.
Cosmetics ; Ear Canal ; Head ; Korea ; Mastoid ; Mastoiditis ; Neck ; Osteoblasts ; Osteoma ; Temporal Bone

Objectives: To identify the bacterial pathogens associated with chronic suppurative otitis media and their antimicrobial sensitivity and resistance. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: The study was carried out from July 2004-July 2005 at the outpatient clinic of a government tertiary hospital. Number of subjects: A total of 32 patients (54 ears) with unilateral or bilateral active chronic suppurative otitis media. Results: Bacterial pathogens of 54 ear discharge samples from CSOM were studied. Among them, 42 (78 percent) were pure cultures and 9 (16.7 percent) were mixed, only 3 (5.6 percent) of the submitted samples had no growth. There were 42 pure isolates, the most common of which was Staphylococcus aureus 21 (50 percent), followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 14 (33.3 percent). Drug sensitivity pattern of Staphylococcus aureus showed that 61.9 percent were resistant to Penicillin while more than 90 percent were sensitive to Aminoglycosides and Clindamycin. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was resistant to penicillin in 64.3 percent of cases and Ciprofloxacin was active against pseudomonas in 85.7 percent. Conclusion: The most common bacterial pathogens from CSOM include Staphylococcus aureu and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Majority of the isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were resistant to penicillin. Aminoglycosides, macrolides and quinolones were effective against most of the isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. (Author)
OTITIS MEDIA OTITIS MEDIA ; SUPPURATIVE TYMPANIC-MEMBRANE MASTOIDITIS CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES

Ear, Middle ; pathology ; Female ; Granuloma, Plasma Cell ; pathology ; Humans ; Mastoiditis ; pathology ; Middle Aged

Child, Preschool ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Mastoiditis ; complications ; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial ; etiology