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Case Reports
. 1984 Oct;110(10):686-7.
doi: 10.1001/archotol.1984.00800360058014.

Mycobacterium avium acute mastoiditis

P A Wardrop, H C Pillsbury 3rd
Case Reports

Mycobacterium avium acute mastoiditis

P A Wardrop et al. Arch Otolaryngol. 1984 Oct.

Abstract

To our knowledge, atypical mycobacterium has not previously been implicated in de novo acute mastoiditis. We encountered a case in which Mycobacterium avium was the causative agent in acute mastoiditis, in the absence of any bacterial infection.

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