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Topical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media

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Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), sometimes referred to as chronic otitis media (COM), is a chronic inflammation and often polymicrobial infection (involving more than one micro‐organism) of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, characterised by ear discharge (otorrhoea) through a perforated tympanic membrane. The predominant symptoms of CSOM are ear discharge and hearing loss. Topical antibiotics, the most common treatment for CSOM, act to kill or in...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD013051.pub2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Surgical Sciences
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Surgical Sciences
Oxford college:
Balliol College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-1261-5876


Publisher:
Cochrane Collaboration
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
2020
Issue:
1
Article number:
CD013051
Publication date:
2019-01-02
Acceptance date:
2019-12-29
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EISSN:
1469-493X


Language:
English
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pubs:1081061
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pubs:1081061
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1081061
Deposit date:
2020-01-07

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