Meningitis as cochlear implant complication

Cochlear implant recipients at risk for meningitis.

The Cochlear Implant

The studies on cochlear implants have been conducted in the United States, Austria, Brasil, France, Finland, and some other countries. Up to now, this technique does not seem to have a wide spread application. Indeed it can only apply cases of deafness still presenting sufficient neural remnants to transmit the message. Moreover, the patient must be totally deaf( quasi­ complete loss of har cel...

Group B Streptococcus Meningitis in a Child with Cochlear Implant

9. Dunne EF, Fey PD, Kludt P, Reporter R, Mostashari F, Shillam P, et al. Emergence of domestically acquired ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella infections associated with AmpC beta-lactamase. JAMA. 2000;284:3151–6. DOI: 10.1001/ jama.284.24.3151 10. Varma JK, Marcus R, Stenzel SA, Hanna SS, Gettner S, Anderson BJ, et al. Highly resistant Salmonella Newport-MDRA mpC transmitted through the domesti...

Intra-parenchyma Pneumocephalus: a Complication of Cochlear Implant.

OBJECTIVE We report an extremely rare case of pneumocephalus after cochlear implantation. METHOD Case report and a review of the world literature on pneumocephalus after cochlear implantation. RESULTS We present a case of uneventful cochlear implantation in a patient with nasal polyposis. Post-operative nose blowing resulted in subcutaneous emphysema pneumocephale presenting five weeks post...

cochlear implant (تکنیک و اندیکاسیون)

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