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Otomastoiditis with acute left facial nerve paralysis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae
Kang-Chao Wu1, Min-Tsan Shu, Bo-Nien Chen
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Mycobacterium chelonae usually causes soft-tissue and skin infection. It is a rare cause of otomastoiditis. The clinical presentation and operative findings are similar to those of other nontuberculous mycobacterial infections. We describe a case of left-sided otomastoiditis with acute facial nerve paralysis caused by this organism in a previously well middle-aged woman. Her facial palsy totally resolved after tympanomastoidectomy plus a 7-week regimen of clarithromycin and moxifloxacin. To our knowledge, a case of otomastoiditis with acute facial nerve paralysis caused by M chelonae has not been reported previously.
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