1.
Acute edematous otitis externa
(Swimmer’s Ear)
2. Eczematoid dermatitis with secondary infections
3. True otomycosis
4.
Acute furunculosis
5.
Malignant otitis externa
1.
Acute edematous otitis externa
(Swimmer’s Ear)
*
Inflammations edema and pain.
*
Cleansing the ear canal with a suction apparatus.
(acetic acid – corticosteroids – antibacterial
solutionsirigations or topical ear drop 4 times a day).
*
Neomycin, framycetin, polymixin-B, gentamycin or
ciprofloxacin.
2. Infected eczematoid dermatitis
*
inflammations edema, itching and pain.
*
cleansing the ear canal with a suction apparatus (ethanol 75 –
90%), Burow’s solution (saturated -alumonium acetat) 3 times a day
for 3 days.
-
corticosteroids – antibacterial solutions (7 days)
3. Otomycosis
*
Ear canal cleansing with antifungal solutions
(tolnaftate 1%, cresylate solutions : merthiolate,
m-cresyl acetate, propylane glycol, boric acid, ethanol)
*
Gentian violet 10%, antifungal powder : nystatin or
clioquinol (iodochlorhydroxyquinoline).
*
Tolnaftate 1% ear drop twice a day
*
Clotrimazole 1% topically for Aspergillus or Candida
4. Acute Furunculosis
*
Analgesic opiate may be needed at first 24 hours
and to be continued with NSAIDs,
*
Cleansing of the ear canal (70% alcohol).
*
Gentamycin or solution of Burrow may be applied.
5. Malignant otitis externa
*
Rapidly progressive disorders.
(associated with DM, malnutritions or anemia).
*
Parenteral gentamycin.
* Carbenicillin 4 g 6 times a day.
1.
Acute Otitis Media
a. Common in infants.
b Suppurative or effusion (serous or catarrhal).
c. Perforate or nonperforate.
d. Purulent otitis media (suppurative)
* Caused by
Staphylococcus pneumoniae
,
Haemophylusinfluenzae
, Moraxella catarrhalis.
TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?
• Assess severity of infection
• May not to treat the older children who are afebrile
THE THERAPY OF
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA:
• Amoxicillin remains frst line antibiotic Standard versus
high doses
• Follow up in 48 - 72 days
• Treatment failures should be treated with
• Children > 2 years
• symptomatic therapy for 3 days
• re-evaluate if symptoms persist
• antibiotics for 7 days
• Children < 2 years
• symptomatic treatment for 1 day
• re-evaluate if symptoms persist, give antibiotics
TREATMENT FAILURES
• Lack of clinical improvement in signs and symptoms such
as ear pain, fever and tympanic membrane fndings of redness, bulging or otorrhea after 3 days of therapy
DURATION OF THERAPY
• 1 dose versus 5 days versus 10 days
• 27 clinical trials show no diference in outcome
• Shorter duration will improve compliance and increase
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
•
S. pneumoniae
30-40% penicillin
resistant
•
H. infuenzae
30-40%
-lactamase
positive
•
M. catarrhalis
80-90%
-lactamase
positive
REASONS FOR INCREASING RESISTANCE
• Inappropriate drugs: resistant organism, wrong or
unusual pathogen
• Appropriate drug but inadequate dose • Poor compliance
• Subinhibitory concentrations with inadequate
WAYS TO REDUCE RESISTANCE
• Increase accuracy of diagnosis
• New antimicrobials
• Avoid chemoprophylaxis
• New vaccines
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA: ANTIBIOTIC
Assess for risk
factors for
ANTIMICROBIAL SELECTION
Antibiotics
Convenien
ce
Cost
Efficacy
Palatabili
ty
• Amoxicillin
• Cefuroxime axetil • Ceftriaxone
• Clarithromycin • Clindamycin • Erythro/sulfa
• TMP/SMX
AMOXICILLIN
•
Still drug of choice
•
Safe, well tolerated and inexpensive
•
Usually efective against
S. pneumoniae
and
H. infuenzae
•
Higher doses have greater efcacy against
more strains of
S. pneumoniae
•
Studies show comparative clinical efcacy
PENICILLINS
S. pneumoniae H. infuenzae
Amoxicillin
+++
+++
Amoxicillin
(80-100
mg/kg/d)
++++
+++
Amoxicillin/
CEPHALOSPORINS
• Clinical efcacy varies
• Cefprozil, cefuroxime, cefpodoxime and ceftriaxone IM
have greater efcacy against pneumococci
• Cefuroxime, cefpodoxime and ceftriaxone IM efective
CEPHALOSPORINS
S.pnuemoniae H. infuenzae
OTHER ANTIBIOTICS
•
Macrolides, TMP/SMX and clindamycin are
not as good as the cephalosporins
•
TMP/SMX has good efcacy against
H.
infuenzae
but not
S. pneumoniae
•
Clindamycin efective against many
MACROLIDES/OTHER ANTIBIOTICS
S. pneumoniae H. infuenzae
CEFTRIAXONE
• Advantages
• short duration 3 days • compliance better
• efcacious against all 3 organisms • alteration of gut fora is less
• Disadvantages
• painful injections multiple
ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA: FOLLOW UP
OTITIS MEDIA: RECURRENT
•
Defned as 3 or more episodes/6 months
or 4 or more episodes/12 months
•
Reappearance of signs and symptoms
5-14 days after completing treatment
•
Due to new infection, not treatment
failure so may be treated with the same
antibiotics
•
Prophylaxis 44% reduction of AOM
•
Defnition
•
Damage to the cochlea or vestibular apparatus
from exposure to a chemical source
•
Many sources
•
Mercury
•
Herbs
•
Streptomycin
• Dihydrostreptomycin
• Some drugs have been associated with impaired auditory or vestibular function.
• The risk of ototoxicity is greatly increased in - patients with impaired renal function
- elderly patients - following
- a high dose
- or a large total dose
High noise level
Hyperthermia
potentiate damage
Ototoxic drug
potentially nerphrotoxic
adjust the dose of an ototoxic drug on
the basis of renal function.
AMINOGLYCOSIDES
Enter into inner ear by unknown mechanism
• Secreted into the perilymph by spiral ligament or endolymph
by stria vascularis
• Difuse through round window membrane
Diferential ototoxicity of
aminoglycosides
Early symptoms
Drug
Vestibular
toxicity
Auditory
toxicity
Tinnitus
Vertigo
MACROLIDES
• Discovered erythromycin 1952 (McGuire) • Mintz (1972) frst report of ototoxicity
• Reversible 50-55 dB losses in two cases
• Clinically
• Hearing loss with/without tinnitus– 2 days
• All frequencies, recovery after stopping
• Rarely permanent (hepatic)
MACROLIDES
•
Mechanism unknown
•
Azithromycin and clarithromycin can
OTHER ANTIBIOTICS
• Vancomycin
• Believed to be ototoxic
• Penicillin, sulfonamides, cephalosporins • May have topical toxicity in middle ear
LOOP DIURETICS
• Ethacrinic acid, furosemide, bumetaside • Clinically (6-7%)
• Usually tinnitus, temporary and reversible SNHL
(sensory neural hearing loss), rare vertigo within minutes
• High doses can cause permanent SNHL
LOOP DIURETICS
•
Pathologically
•
Edema of stria vascularis
•
Ionic gradient changes
•
Inhibition of adenylate cyclase and
SALICYLATES AND NSAIDS
• Most common OTC • Mechanism
• Normal histology (no hair cell loss)
• Decreased blood fow, decreased enzymes
• Clinically
• Tonal, high frequency tinnitus (7-9 kHz)
QUININE
•
Similar clinical fndings with aspirin
•
Usage up for leg cramps
•
Clinically
•
High-pitched tinnitus
•
Reversible, symmetric SNHL
•
Occasional vertigo
•
Mechanism
•
Decreased perfusion, direct damage to outer
ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS
• Cisplatin
• Incidence is high (62%-81%) • Pathologically
• Outer hair cell degeneration
• Clinically
• Bilateral symmetric SNHL, usually high frequency– not reversible, cumulative
• Risks factors– age extremes, cranial irradiation, high dose
TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIALS
• Commonly prescribed for otorrhea after tubes and CSOM
• Controversial subject
• Agents may enter middle ear and gain access to membranous labyrinth
TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIALS
• Polymixin B
• Chloramphenicol
• Neomycin
• Gentamicin
TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIALS
• Remains a possibility in humans
• Patient education important
• Prescribe for only necessary duration
• Avoid in healthy ear
* A condition characterized by :
excessive watery secretions of nasal mucosa
infection discharge (become purulent)
manifestation of nasal irritation caused by :
- chemical inhalants
- allergic reaction in the nasal mucosa - infection (viral or baterial)
Symptoms – signs - Fever
- Headache / muscleache
- Nasal congestion rhinorrhea - Cough / sore throat
- Malaise
1. Irritative infamation
antiinfamatory drugs (short term corticosteroids if really necessary)
2. Allergic infammation
anti-allergic – anti-infammatory drugs (H1-blockers, short term corticosteroids)
3. Infectious infammation
systemic anti-infective (antibiotics / chemotherapy - antiviral)
- Analgesics – antipyretics
- Antihistamines (H1-blockers)
- Antitusive (dextrometorphan) or expectorants (bromhexin)
- Sympatomimetics - Antibiotics
- Adjuvants.
- Sympathomimetics (1-stimulants)
(local – systemics, selectives – nonselectives)
- Antihistamines (H1-blockers) - Antiinfamatory drugs
* corticosteroids
* ketotifen, chromolyn
DRUGS FOR RHINORRHEA
SYMPATHOMIMETIC DRUGS
To treat Inflamed nasal, sinus, and eustachian tube mucosa
pseudoephedrine
phenylpropanolamine
phenilephrine,
oxymetazoline, and
xylometazoline
-adrenoceptor agonists
produce
a smooth muscle contraction & an open nasal
airway
ANTIHISTAMINES
•
To treat immediate hypersensitivity
reactions such as allergic rhinitis
First generation
RATIONAL DRUG USE OF
ANTIBIOTICS
• Suspect microorganism (scientifc guessing) • Evidence based – clinical - trial
• Efective and safe
• minimal risk of side efects or toxic efects