Mycobacterium avium acute mastoiditis

Arch Otolaryngol. 1984 Oct;110(10):686-7. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1984.00800360058014.

Abstract

To our knowledge, atypical mycobacterium has not previously been implicated in de novo acute mastoiditis. We encountered a case in which Mycobacterium avium was the causative agent in acute mastoiditis, in the absence of any bacterial infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Granuloma / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mastoid / surgery
  • Mastoiditis / microbiology*
  • Mastoiditis / therapy
  • Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Mycobacterium Infections / drug therapy
  • Mycobacterium avium
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents