otitis externa malignant

otitis externa malignant
a progressive, necrotizing, frequently fatal infection of the external auditory canal and base of the skull, caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa; it affects chiefly elderly diabetic and immunocompromised patients. Called also necrotizing o. externa.

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