Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998; 9(2):287-291

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1998.9.2.287

종설

만성 경과를 취한 악성외이도염 1례

고의경¹, 고영한², 박형진¹, 장민호¹

A rare case of malignant external otitis due to Enterococcus faecalis with chronic course

Eui-kyung Goh¹, Young-Han Ko², Hyoung-Jin Park¹, Min-Ho Jang¹

¹부산대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

²성분도 병원 이비인후과

¹Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine，Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

²Saint Benedict Hospital，Pusan, Korea

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Malignant external otitis(MEO) is debilitating and occasionally fatal infection of the external auditory canal in elderly diabetes and patients with reduced immunity. Diabetic microangiopathy enhances the vasculitis produced by the Pseudomonas organism. This disease may spread from the external auditory canal through Santorini's fissures to invade the preauricular tissue, and soft tissue at the base of skull. This disease generally has acute fatal course and most frequently caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Recently, the authors experienced a case of malignant external otitis with chronic course, caused by Enterococcus faecalis. So we reported this case with review of literatures.

Keywords: Malignant external otitis; chronic course; Enterococcus faecalis