Microbial spectrum, management challenges, and outcome in patients with otogenic skull base osteomyelitis
The study findings highlight the microbiological spectrum and trend of otogenic skull base osteomyelitis-causative microbes over two decades, present the management challenges, identify deterioration risk factors, and suggest tissue biopsy as the golden standard for accurately identifying causative microbes.
Authors
- Aishah A AlGhuneem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-2342)
- Amal Alghamdi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5139-5020)
- Salma Alsharhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7708-8368)
- Afnan J Alshrefy
- Wasan F. Almarzouq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8930-2301)
- Marwan Jabr Alwazzeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-6717)
- Laila M. Telmesani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-4923)
- Lena S. Telmesani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-0344)
- Mona Khalid Alrammah
- Nada Abdallah ALBahrani
Institutions
- King Fahd Hospital of the University (SA)
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infezioni in Medicina
- Published
- 2024-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53854/liim-3203-8
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sinusitis and nasal conditions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16