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Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases.

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Hannley, MT; Denneny, JC; Holzer, SS
Published in: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
June 2000

Prompted by rising rates of antibiotic resistance, lack of standardized treatment regimens, and new treatment alternatives, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery convened an expert consensus panel to consider recommendations for the responsible use of antibiotics in chronic suppurative otitis media, tympanostomy tube otorrhea, and otitis externa. The Panel concluded that in the absence of systemic infection or serious underlying disease, topical antibiotics alone constitute first-line treatment for most patients with these conditions, finding no evidence that systemic antibiotics alone or in combination with topical preparations improve treatment outcomes compared with topical antibiotics alone. Topical preparations should be selected on the basis of expected bacteriology and informed knowledge of the risk-benefit of each available preparation. The use of nonototoxic preparations in treating acute otitis externa (when the tympanic membrane is perforated or its status is unknown), chronic suppurative otitis media, and tympanostomy tube otorrhea should be considered.

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Published In

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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ISSN

0194-5998

Publication Date

June 2000

Volume

122

Issue

6

Start / End Page

934 / 940

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative
  • Otitis Media
  • Otitis Externa
  • Middle Ear Ventilation
  • Humans
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Chronic Disease
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
 

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Hannley, M. T., Denneny, J. C., & Holzer, S. S. (2000). Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 122(6), 934–940. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhn.2000.107813
Hannley, M. T., J. C. Denneny, and S. S. Holzer. “Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 122, no. 6 (June 2000): 934–40. https://doi.org/10.1067/mhn.2000.107813.
Hannley MT, Denneny JC, Holzer SS. Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Jun;122(6):934–40.
Hannley, M. T., et al. “Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases.Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, vol. 122, no. 6, June 2000, pp. 934–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1067/mhn.2000.107813.
Hannley MT, Denneny JC, Holzer SS. Use of ototopical antibiotics in treating 3 common ear diseases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Jun;122(6):934–940.
Journal cover image

Published In

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

DOI

ISSN

0194-5998

Publication Date

June 2000

Volume

122

Issue

6

Start / End Page

934 / 940

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Otorhinolaryngology
  • Otitis Media, Suppurative
  • Otitis Media
  • Otitis Externa
  • Middle Ear Ventilation
  • Humans
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Chronic Disease
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents