PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Attallah, Mohammad S.
TI  - Microbiology of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma
DP  - 2000 Oct 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 924--927
VI  - 21
IP  - 10
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/924.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/924.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2000 Oct 01; 21
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To report the result of causative organisms in chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma.METHODS: Eighty eight patients clinically diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma, and confirmed intra-operatively and by histological examination were pre-operatively studied for the causative bacteria and fungi.RESULTS: A single isolate was obtained in 42 (48%) cases, no growth was isolated in 11 (12.5%) cases. Most common bacteria isolated were, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in 51%, Staphylococcus Aureus in 31%, and Proteus species in 17%. Among the 15 fungal isolates, 9 (10%) were Aspergillus species and the remaining 6 (7%) were Candida Albicans.CONCLUSION: Conventional ear swabs taken under direct vision using an operating microscope are reliable in establishing the microbiological profile of chronic suppurative otitis media.