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Actinomycosis of the middle ear

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Böör ,
I. Jurkovič ,
I. Friedmann ,
M. Benický ,
Katarína Dudriková  and
R. Krajcár
A. Böör
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
I. Jurkovič
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
I. Friedmann*
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
M. Benický
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
Katarína Dudriková
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
R. Krajcár
Affiliation:
Institute of Pathology, Medical School, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia and The Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Professor Imrich Friedmann, Department of Cell Pathology, Northwick Park and St Mark's NHS Trust, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAl 3UJ. Fax: 0181 869 2009
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Abstract

Another case of actinomycosis of the ear is described in a nine-year-old boy, drawing attention to the increasing incidence of diseases of the 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 patient was treated by surgery and long-term antibiotic medication, responding favourably.

Keywords

ActinomycosisOtitis mediaMastoiditis

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Type
Pathology in Focus
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 800 - 801
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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