labyrinthitis/fever

Acute and persistent viral infection of the inner ear of rats was induced with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus following intraperitoneal inoculation. Newborn (within 24 h after birth) rats were inoculated intraperitoneally (i.p.) with HFRS virus (B-1 strain), and the cochlea was

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19, a novel coronavirus infection, as a pandemic in March 2020. Since the origin of the disease in Wuhan, China, understanding the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, screening guidelines, and management of the disease has been ever-evolving.

During the eight-year period, 1983-1990, 102 cases of intracranial (IC) and extracranial (EC) complications from 17 144 suppurative otitis media were reviewed. The prevalence of each complication was 0.24 and 0.45 per cent respectively. Facial paralysis, subperiosteal abscess and labyrinthitis were

Because of its distinct anatomy, pathogens can quickly reach the middle ear of a child and cause acute otitis media. Depending on the age of the child, the clinical symptoms can vary from intense earaches, fever, pressure sensation and hearing loss to vomiting, diarrhea and refusal of food by

The progressive sensorineural hearing loss due to infectious causes can involve different etiological agents like bacteria, viruses, protozoons or mycetes. These infectious agents can act in various ways: directly through a labyrinthitis that may destroy the neuroepithelium; through an ischaemic

The objective of our study was to review retrospectively the clinical, radiological and therapeutic findings in 62 adults with acute mastoiditis treated at the ENT Department of Ferrara from 1992 to 2010. 62 adult cases fulfilled the following inclusion criteria: otoscopical evidence of co-existent

A number of diseases of the middle ear are summed up under the term otitis media: acute otitis media, recurrent acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, chronic suppurative otitis media and chronic otitis media epitympanalis (= cholesteatoma). Acute otitis media belongs to the most common

Acute mastoiditis is the most common complication of acute otitis media. Although rare, the disease is carefully studied by otolaryngologists because it usually affects very young children with severe clinical course and sometimes causes serious complications. Most important risk factors are the