Mycobacterium abscessus, an uncommon cause of chronic otitis media

J. Linmans; R. Stokroos; C.F.M. Linssen

doi:10.1001/archotol.134.9.1004

Mycobacterium abscessus, an uncommon cause of chronic otitis media

J. Linmans
, R. Stokroos^*
, C.F.M. Linssen

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Otitis media with otorrhea is common in children. Worldwide, 4% of all otitis media in children is caused by tuberculous otitis media.(1) Otitis media due to a nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is uncommon. Since the description of the first case in 1976, only 31 well- documented cases of middle ear infections caused by NTM have been reported.(1-3) Originally, NTM were divided into 4 groups using the Runyon classification, based on growth rate and pigment production.(4) However, in recent years more accurate species-specific identification by means of molecular techniques are available.(5) Due to the increase of immunosuppressive conditions, the incidence of NTM infections has also increased.(2) A relatively common NTM infection is cervical lymphadenitis.(1,2,6,7)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1004-1006
Journal	Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Volume	134
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.134.9.1004
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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Mycobacterium abscessus, an uncommon cause of chronic otitis media

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