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Otitis externa and the use of different antibiotics | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-103 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Buthaina Abdelhameed; Zainab Sulaiman Erzaiq; Ahmed H. Alanee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A descriptive study , microbiological and pharmacological study was done on hildrenwith otitis externa 10 years of age and less attending the pediatrics and the Ear Noseand Throat department at the Tikrit Teaching hospitals during the period from 1st ofAugust to 2007 to the last of February 2008. The aim of this study is to evaluate theresponse of bacteria causing otitis externa to the newly used antibiotics as comparedwith other old drugs. The total number of cases were 27 cases, males were 21 (77.8%) while the rest were females, 6 cases (22.2% ). Most of the study cases were betweenthe age of 5-10 years 22 cases (81.5%) .Most of the study cases were from the ruralareas 18 cases (66.7%) . Chronic otitis externa is the commonest form of disease inthe study cases 25 cases (92.6%) .Most of the study cases have nilateral OE 22 cases(81.5%). Most ofthe cases have infection at the auricle in both male and females, 13cases (48.1%) and 5 cases (18.5%) respectively. Most ofthe study cases have onsetof the disease during summer time , 21 cases (77. 8% ). Most of the study cases hadhistory of swimming 19 cases (70.4% ). All the study cases had history of auricularpain 27 cases (100%), followed by feeling of itching in 16 cases (59.3% All the studycases have tenderness of the external ears specially on moving the pinna 27 cases(100%), followed by swelling of the pinna 16 cases (59.3% ).Staph aureus was thecommonest microorganism encountered 18 cases ( 66.7%) followed by pseudomonasAeruginosa 2 cases (7.4% ). No growth was found in 6 cases (22.2% ). Regardingstaph aureus, there is significant response to both erythromycin and to theciprofloxacin , 18 cases ( 1 00%) and 17 cases (94.4% ) respectively. Regarding thepseudomonas , only the ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin shows response 2 cases foreach (100%).the study concludes that the use ofnew regime in the treatment of otitis | ||
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