The etiology of otitis externa is probably as varied as the treatments that have been recommended. With the present adequate antibacterial and anti-fungal agents the anti-infectious approach has about ...

A 58-year-old man with diabetes presents with an itchy, discharging and mildly painful ear. He has experienced numerous episodes over the years. On examination, the external auditory meatus is ...

Acute external otitis or otitis externa – more commonly called swimmer’s ear – is an infection that affects the outer ear canal, the section outside your eardrum. It was given the name “swimmer’s ear” ...

Local surgical debridement allows cleansing, aeration and/or removal of devitalised tissue and is mandatory in patients with necrotising otitis externa. [1] More invasive surgery (such as subtotal ...

Upon examination, the patient’s external ear canal was found to be inflamed, red, and swollen, and she was subsequently diagnosed with otitis externa. A recently published report describes the case of ...

Invasive external otitis occurs almost exclusively in patients with longstanding diabetes. Except for occasional cases, the etiologic agent has been Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We report a case caused by ...

The goal of treatment is to relieve the patient's pain while treating the underlying infection as quickly as possible. The use of oral antibiotics is no longer necessary in the treatment of AOE unless ...