Numerous factors can predispose someone to swimmer’s ear. They include a narrow ear canal, and skin diseases such as eczema or psoriasis. In addition, individuals wearing ear plugs, ear buds or ...

1 Introduction Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a severe and potentially life-threatening infection of the external auditory canal that extends beyond the cutaneous lining, beginning as cellulitis ...

Acute otitis media (AOM) is one of the most common diseases in childhood for which antibiotics are commonly prescribed; a systematic review reported a pooled prevalence of 85.6% in high-income ...

Key messages - We do not know if antibiotics taken by mouth or given as an injection (systemic antibiotics) are effective treatments for chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM; a type of long-term ear ...

Four leading "ear experts" offer their insights and observations about preventing and treating children with otitis media.