[Tropical otitis].

Med Trop Sante Int

Service d'ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, 03 BP 7022, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Published: March 2021

A 68-year-old patient presents with chronic right-sided otorrhea associated with hypoacousis and chronic cough. Otoscopy showed multiple perforations of the right eardrum. The search of acid-fast bacilli was positive for direct examination of sputum and negative for the examination of ear pus. A antituberculosis treatment has been initiated.

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