RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Microbiology of chronic suppurative otitis media with cholesteatoma
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 924
OP 927
VO 21
IS 10
A1 Attallah, Mohammad S.
YR 2000
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/21/10/924.abstract
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.