https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2347

Tuberculous otitis media with facial paralysis: microbiological and clinical study

Vol. 26 No. 4 (2011)
Submitted: 13 February 2014
Accepted: 13 February 2014
Published: 31 December 2011
Tuberculosis, Otitis media, Swab ear secretion, Real-Time PCR
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Adriana Mosca
amosca@midim.uniba.it
Raffaele Del Prete
Nicola Quaranta
Luisa Miragliotta
Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease affecting various organs and tissues even if the lung is the most commonly involved site.A case of tuberculous otitis media in a patient who had no history of tuberculosis is herewith presented with the aim of increasing the awareness of this disease whose diagnosis is often delayed because either of the rarity of this pathologic condition or of its usually indolent course.

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Mosca, A., Del Prete, R., Quaranta, N., & Miragliotta, L. (2011). Tuberculous otitis media with facial paralysis: microbiological and clinical study. Microbiologia Medica, 26(4). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2011.2347

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