Keywords:
Topical; anti-bacterial agents; administration; dosage; adverse effects; therapeutic use; chronic disease; otitis media; suppurative; randomized controlled trials
Abstract:
Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), sometimes referred to as chronic otitis media, 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 are ear discharge and hearing loss.