Malignant External Otitis Complicated by Severe Allergic Reaction to Antibiotic Therapy
Jetmira Fejza · 2026
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Jetmira Fejza and co-authors present an 88-year-old woman with a severe ear canal infection that ate into the skull base, whose treatment was then derailed by allergy. Their 2026 case report concerns malignant external otitis, an aggressive infection that usually strikes elderly people with diabetes or weak immunity, though this patient had no diabetes.
She arrived with severe ear pain and pus that standard treatment had not shifted, and scans confirmed bone infection of the temporal bone. During her hospital stay she developed a severe generalized allergic skin reaction to the systemic antibiotics she needed. The case shows two problems compounding: a dangerous infection and a shrinking list of drugs to fight it.
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| CREATOR | Jetmira Fejza |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10577 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |