Calcium sulfate matrix as local antibiotic carrier in the mastoid

Abstract

Abstract We describe the use of calcium sulfate beads as antibiotic carrier in a patient, who suffered from chronic mastoiditis with consecutive otogenic meningitis due to Burkholderia cenocepacia. Our findings suggest a possible role of calcium sulfate matrix as a local antibiotic carrier in the mastoid in complicated mastoiditis cases.

Keywords

• antibiotic carrier
• burkholderia cenocepacia
• calcium sulfate matrix
• mastoid
• mastoidectomy
• mastoiditis