Медицинский совет (Dec 2015)

Furuncular otitis externa: differential diagnosis and treatment approaches

  • A. I. Kryukov,
  • A. V. Gurov,
  • G. N. Izotova,
  • Y. V. Luchsheva,
  • G. B. Shadrin,
  • A. P. Kravchuk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21518/2079-701X-2015-3-60-64
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 3
pp. 60 – 64

Abstract

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Pyoinflammatory ENT diseases are still the most common and clinically relevant pathological conditions. Infections of the upper respiratory tract and ENT rank second in the overall morbidity in large cities of Russia, in Moscow accounting for about 19% of all diseases [1, 2]. Nosological forms of ENT infections are quite varied: various types of otitis externa and otitis media, diseases of the upper respiratory tract - rhinosinusitis, tonsillar pathology, laryngitis. Pyoinflammatory ENT disease is one of the most common reasons for visiting general practitioners and otorhinolaryngologists.

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