Introduction:Necrotising otitis externa(NOE)is a rare infection of the ear canal with frequent bone erosion.This study’s objective is to describe the different features of NOE as well as its management in an ear-nose...Introduction:Necrotising otitis externa(NOE)is a rare infection of the ear canal with frequent bone erosion.This study’s objective is to describe the different features of NOE as well as its management in an ear-nose-throat department.We also tried to identify the particularities of the fungal infection.Patients and methods:It is an observational cohort that included all the patients hospitalised for the management of NOE.The study was carried out in the ear-nose-throat Department of Mahdia University Hospital in Tunisia between January 2006 and december 2019.Results:A total of 40 patients were included.The mean age was 65±12.9 years and the sex ratio was 0.9.Ninety percent of the patients included were diabetics.The most common signs found were oedema of the external canal(97.5%)and auricular discharge(92.5%).The main pathogen isolated was Pseudomonas aeruginosa(61.7%).Fungi were isolated in 9 cases(26.47%).Computed tomography was performed for 32 patients(80%).Bone erosion was seen in 26 cases(81.3%).The main complications were cerebral venous thrombosis,retropharyngeal abscess and cerebral empyema.Thirty one patients received only antibiotics,2 received only antifungal treatment,and 7 received both antibiotics and antifungal treatment.All patients had a favorable outcome.Univariate analysis showed a higher median erythrocyte sedimentation rate was associated with fungal infections.No other differences were noted.Conclusion:Our management protocol seems to be efficient since all patients had initial favorable outcome.A higher median erythrocyte sedimentation rate was associated with fungal infections.展开更多
文摘Introduction:Necrotising otitis externa(NOE)is a rare infection of the ear canal with frequent bone erosion.This study’s objective is to describe the different features of NOE as well as its management in an ear-nose-throat department.We also tried to identify the particularities of the fungal infection.Patients and methods:It is an observational cohort that included all the patients hospitalised for the management of NOE.The study was carried out in the ear-nose-throat Department of Mahdia University Hospital in Tunisia between January 2006 and december 2019.Results:A total of 40 patients were included.The mean age was 65±12.9 years and the sex ratio was 0.9.Ninety percent of the patients included were diabetics.The most common signs found were oedema of the external canal(97.5%)and auricular discharge(92.5%).The main pathogen isolated was Pseudomonas aeruginosa(61.7%).Fungi were isolated in 9 cases(26.47%).Computed tomography was performed for 32 patients(80%).Bone erosion was seen in 26 cases(81.3%).The main complications were cerebral venous thrombosis,retropharyngeal abscess and cerebral empyema.Thirty one patients received only antibiotics,2 received only antifungal treatment,and 7 received both antibiotics and antifungal treatment.All patients had a favorable outcome.Univariate analysis showed a higher median erythrocyte sedimentation rate was associated with fungal infections.No other differences were noted.Conclusion:Our management protocol seems to be efficient since all patients had initial favorable outcome.A higher median erythrocyte sedimentation rate was associated with fungal infections.
