Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is one of the common diseases in routine ENT practice. Objective: To compare the efficacy of topical ciprofloxacin with oral ciprofloxacin 500mg twice daily in achieving dry ear (Medical cure) in Tubo-tympanic type of Chronic suppurative otitis media. Methodology: Study Design: Quasi-experimental study. Place and st Duration of Study: The stud...

  Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a common childhood infectious disease in developing countries. It may be associated with various life threatening intra-cranial or extra-cranial complications. We report a 10 year-male child with a rare combination of right sided unsafe CSOM, mastoiditis, Bezold abscess, sigmoid and transverse sinus thrombosis, and bilateral abducens nerve palsy and ...

Background: The term Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) is characterized as "chronic middle ear and mastoid cavity infection, which occurs through tympanic membrane perforation with recurrent discharge or otorrhoea . Though there are many similarities between adult pediatric CSOM in terms of disease progression pathological changes, certain notable differences stemming from temporal bone a...

Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), a severe form of middle ear infection, affects most Australian Aboriginal children with up to 50% in some communities suffering hearing loss as a consequence. To date, there is no information on whether repeated exposure to the pathogens that characterize CSOM and that are present in the upper respiratory airway affect olfactory function. Accordingly, th...