[MRSA infections in otorhinolaryngology]

Infections caused by MRSA in otorhinolaryngology were evaluated in this study. From October 1990 to the end of September 1991, MRSA was detected in one hospitalized patient and 14 outpatients of the otorhinolaryngology department. MRSA was detected in the tonsils of five patients other patients--including four with cancer and other underlying diseases. In two of the four patients with chronic otitis media, otorrhea was stopped by disinfecting external ear toxin. Osteomyelitis of the upper jaw in neonates and infants must be treated in consideration of MRSA, as it is a hospital infection caused by cephem-resistant Staphylococcus.