Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a case of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

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Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a case of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media

Unnati Padalia¹, Annette Martin¹, Preeti Mehta², Gita Nataraj² and Rajesh C. Patil³

¹Department of Microbiology, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai – 400 077 India.

²Department of Microbiology, K. E. M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai – 400 012 India.

³Department of Microbiology, Bhavan’s College, Andheri, Mumbai – 400 058 India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2007;1(2):289-290

Received: 19/07/2007 | Accepted: 27/08/2007 | Published: 30/10/2007

Abstract

Tuberculosis in India is still a major problem even after over 43 years of control programme. A majority of TB patients suffer from multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The present paper reports a rare incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a case of chronic otitis media, an otological infection which has not been reported earlier.

Keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Chronic otitis media, Otological infection

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