TUBERCULOUS OTITIS-MEDIA IN A 4-MONTH-OLD INFANT

Authors
BARLAS C OZCELIK U GOCMEN A SOYLEMEZOGLU F ONERCI M KIPER N
Citation
C. Barlas et al., TUBERCULOUS OTITIS-MEDIA IN A 4-MONTH-OLD INFANT, Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 39(1), 1997, pp. 123-125
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00414301
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
123 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-4301(1997)39:1<123:TOIA4I>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Tuberculosis of the middle ear is currently a rare disease but still o ccurs and may cause permanent hearing loss. A four-month-old infant wi th chronic left-esr drainage was diagnosed with tuberculous otitis med ia by biopsy examination and PPD positivity without BCG. He was treate d successfully with antituberculous therapy. Tuberculosis should be co nsidered in the differential diagnosis of chronic ear infection, espec ially in young infants.