Herrera BEM, Contreras HR, Vargas AA

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 39-43
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ABSTRACT

Recently pulmonary and non-pulmonary tuberculosis incidence has increased, principally in developed countries were it was relatively rare in the 80’s; this increment has been related with the appearance of AIDS virus, and the influx of people from other parts of the world to such that countries. Of utmost importance is development of chemoresistant tuberculosis and appearance of new antibiotics in the quinolones group that promise to be effective in such cases. We present the case of a tuberculous otitis media, and the review of incidence, presentation, diagnostic methods and treatment in literature.

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