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Intradermal Inoculation of Mycobacterium avium in the Mouse Ear
Published on: July 3, 2025
Tuberculous Disease of the Middle Ear
Abstract:
History.-Primary and secondary types.-Incidence in (a) Phthisical patients, (b) Patients with suppurating ears, (c) Children.-Modes of infection: (a) by Eustachian tube, (b) by blood-stream.-Signs and symptoms: Painless onset; Early appearances of middle-ear; Infiltration of tympanic membrane; Multiple perforation; Granulation tissue; Type of discharge.-Examination of discharge and of granulation tissue.-Course of disease in middle-ear; Extensions; Complications.-Special types: Mastoiditis in children; Tumour formation.-Deafness.-Reports of twenty cases.
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