Acute Otitis Media with Intracranial and Intratemporal Complications: A Case Study.

Ercan Kaya Gurkan Bozan Omer Kilic Mehmet Özgür Pinarbaşli Melek Kezban Gürbüz Furkan Kaya

Published in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2022)

Acute otitis media continues to be one of the most common infections today and a major cause of the prescription of antibiotics in the pediatric age group. Complications of this condition are rare, especially when antibiotic therapy is started early; however, complications related to acute otitis media cause dramatic morbidity. This report provides a review related to a case of acute otitis media with bilateral intracranial and intratemporal complications.

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