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Mark Wise1, Stephen Toovey

  • 1Burggartenstrassse 32, CH-4103 Bottmingen, Switzerland.

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
|November 7, 2007
PubMed

A 67 year old Caucasian lady received pre-travel immunizations against tetanus, diphtheria, typhoid fever, hepatitis A, and mefloquine chemoprophylaxis. Left sided hearing loss consequent upon tympanic rupture was present since childhood; she was otherwise in good health and without history of recent upper respiratory tract infection. After 1 dose of mefloquine right sided tinnitus and hearing loss developed; audiometry revealed mixed left sided loss and right sided sensorineural loss (-90db at 1kHz; -70dB at 4kHz). Prednisone, aspirin and omeprazole were prescribed; mefloquine chemoprophylaxis was discontinued. On day 9 of her hearing loss the tinnitus suddenly disappeared, and right sided hearing improved. Audiometry on day 93 revealed normal right sided hearing (-10dB at 1kHz; -10dB at 4kHz). Causality remains undetermined, but it may be prudent to avoid mefloquine chemoprophylaxis in individuals with known hearing impairment.

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