Bone and Joint Infection
Conditions
Keywords
otitis
Brief summary
The malignant external otitis is a rare disease which arises more frequently at the elderly and the diabetics patients. To our knowledge, there are few data and it is not wellc known byclinicians. Nevertheless it exposes to neurological complications potentially serious and crippling.
Interventions
OTHERnecrotizing external otitis
description of necrotizing external otitis
Sponsors
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 95 Years
Inclusion criteria
* patients having had necrotizing external otitis and managed at the Lyon Bone and joint infection refence Center
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of necrotizing external otitis | Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption | description of necrotizing external otitis: patients, profile of the bacterium, medical and chirurgical treatment, rate |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rate of Treatment Failure | Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption | Treatment failure is defined by local clinical and/or microbiological relapse; and/or need for additional surgery; death of septic origin. Analyse of risk factor. |
| Duration of antibiotics | Outcome is measured at the end of follow-up (usually between 12 and 24 months after antibiotic therapy disruption | Description of the strategies of antibiotic treatments used (double-agent therapy, monotherapy, duration) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed