ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE MIDDLE-EAR

Another case of actinomycosis of the ear is described in a nine-year-o ld boy, drawing attention to the increasing incidence of diseases of t he ear considered to be rare. The patient presented with the clinical signs of chronic purulent otitis media, not responding to conservative treatment. After the diagnosis of actinomycosis was established the p atient was treated by surgery and long-term antibiotic medication, res ponding favourably.