Year: 1956
Type: article
Abstract: advisable while the itching persists.Summary Otitis externa is an inflammatory condition of the meatal and auricular skin, usually caused by pathogenic cocci, by intestinal organisms, or by both.The reservoirs of infection include the hairy vesti- bule of the nose, staphylococcal folliculitis and furuncles, paronychia, arpas of infective dermatitis, and the anogenital region, particularly when anal or genital pruritus exists.
Source: BMJ
Author: E. P. Sharpey-Schafer
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1968447356