Tuberculous otitis media and staphylococcus aureus coinfection in a five-year-old boy with miliary tuberculosis

• DOI: 10.4103/0974-777x.107171
• Publication Date: 2013-02-14T09:35:29Z
• Authors: Chandrasekaran Ve...; Gopalakrishnan Ma...; Dhandapani Gunase...; Palanisamy Sounda...
• Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Miliary tuberculosis; Case Report; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Child; Tuberculous; Otitis media; 3. Good health

A five-year-old boy with acute on chronic ear discharge and fever was diagnosed to have tubercular otitis media (TOM) with Staphylococcus aureus co-infection. His chest X-ray was suggestive of miliary tuberculosis. The clinical presentation of the child with a brief review of the literature pertaining to the case is being discussed in this report.