[Malignant otitis externa and HIV antibodies. A case report]

An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am. 1990;17(5):505-12.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The AA. inform about the case of a young man, 23, with immunodeficiency (positive HIV antibodies) and malignant otitis externa associated. They recall the etiopathogenesis, the diagnosis, the evolution and the treatment of the disease, pointing out that this case is the first one (published in the ENT bibliography) of malignant otitis-external otitis and HIV linked together.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Adult
  • Ciprofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Gentamicins / therapeutic use
  • HIV Antibodies / blood
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • HIV Seropositivity / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mandible / abnormalities
  • Otitis Externa / diagnosis*
  • Otitis Externa / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy

Substances

  • Gentamicins
  • HIV Antibodies
  • Ciprofloxacin