Chronic otitis media following infection by non-01/non-0139 Vibrio cholerae: A case report and review of the literature

We report a case of a chronic mesotympanic otitis media with a smelly purulent secretion from both ears and recurrent otalgia over the last five years in a six-year-old girl after swimming in the German Baltic Sea. Besides Staphylococcus aureus a non-01/non-0139 Vibrio cholerae strain could be isola...

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Autores principales: VAN BONN, SARA M., SCHRAVEN, SEBASTIAN P., SCHULDT, TOBIAS, HEIMESAAT, MARKUS M., MLYNSKI, ROBERT, WARNKE, PHILIPP C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2020
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7592514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32796134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/1886.2020.00013
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Sumario:We report a case of a chronic mesotympanic otitis media with a smelly purulent secretion from both ears and recurrent otalgia over the last five years in a six-year-old girl after swimming in the German Baltic Sea. Besides Staphylococcus aureus a non-01/non-0139 Vibrio cholerae strain could be isolated from patient samples. An antibiotic therapy with ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone was administered followed by atticotomy combined with tympanoplasty. We conclude that V. cholerae should not be overlooked as a differential diagnosis to otitis infections, especially when patients present with extraintestinal infections after contact with brackish- or saltwater aquatic environments.

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