Treatment of otitis externa with miconazole nitrate : a comparative study involving 85 cases

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dc.contributor.authorBak, J. P.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWagenfeld, D. J. H.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-18T14:57:41Z
dc.date.available2011-03-18T14:57:41Z
dc.date.issued1983
dc.descriptionCITATION: Bak, J. P. & Wagenfeld, D. J. H. 1983. Treatment of otitis externa with miconazole nitrate : a comparative study involving 85 cases. South African Medical Journal, 63:562-563.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstractThe hazards of neomycin in local preparations have recently been re-emphasized. Eighty-five patients with otitis externa were treated with one of two preparations between August 1980 and April 1982 - 54 were treated with a cream containing miconazole nitrate and hydrocortisone (Daktacort; Janssen) and 31 with a preparation containing neomycin (Kenacomb; Squibb); sixty eight per cent of the patients were cured within 1 week with both preparations. Most treatment failures were due to a resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The miconazole cream proved as effective as the preparation containing neomycin in the first-line treatment of otitis externa. A gentamicin-containing steroid ointment was effective against the Pseudomonas infection.
dc.description.versionPublisher’s version
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7583
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHealth & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holderSouth African Medical Journal
dc.subjectOtitis mediaen_ZA
dc.titleTreatment of otitis externa with miconazole nitrate : a comparative study involving 85 casesen_ZA
dc.typeArticle
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