Tag: organism causing malignant otitis externa

Jul 18

2017

What is the better term for malignant otitis externa? Besides pseudomonas, what are the organism causing it? Justify your investigation.What is the better term for malignant otitis externa? Besides pseudomonas, what are the organism causing it? Justify your investigation.

Maligation otitis externa is a misnomer as it is not a neoplastic process. The nomenclature of this condition is confusing as the term skull base osyeomyelitis and necrotizing external otitis