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SUBMITTER: Brennan-Jones CG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956124 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brennan-Jones Christopher G CG Head Karen K Chong Lee-Yee LY Burton Martin J MJ Schilder Anne Gm AG Bhutta Mahmood F MF
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20200102
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), sometimes referred to as chronic otitis media (COM), is a chronic inflammation and often polymicrobial infection (involving more than one micro-organism) of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, characterised by ear discharge (otorrhoea) through a perforated tympanic membrane. The predominant symptoms of CSOM are ear discharge and hearing loss. Topical antibiotics, the most common treatment for CSOM, act to kill or inhibit the growth of mi ...[more]