Pediatric Acute Mastoiditis: Recent Evolutions in Clinical Presentation and Microbiology

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De Bruyne N Dhooge I De Leenheer E Van Driessche V Coorevits L Van Hoecke H

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De Bruyne N
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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Acute mastoiditis is a well-known complication of acute otitis media in children. Last year we noticed some changes: more virulent pathogens, a more fulminant course of the disease and an increased need for surgical treatment in children with acute mastoiditis admitted to our hospital. Recently, other authors have raised the same concerns. Based on the last 12 consecutive cases of pediatric acute mastoiditis admitted to our hospital and a review of recent literature, we discuss a possible change in presentation, complication rate and microbiology in order to raise vigilance to a possibly changing pathology.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Tue 03, Aug 2021
Accepted: Mon 18, Oct 2021
Published: Fri 18, Mar 2022

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© 2023 De Bruyne N. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2021.09.17