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Contact sensitivity to gentamicin-hydrocortisone ear drops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. M. Robinson
P. M. Robinson*
Affiliation:
(Leeds)
*
Miss P. M. Robinson, Senior Registrar, E.N.T. Department, Hull Royal Infirmary.
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Summary

Patch testing of ten patients who had been treated with gentamicin-hydrocortisone ear drops for active chronic suppurative otitis media showed evidence of contact sensitivity in five. Positive skin tests correlated with failure to respond to treatment.

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Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 7 , July 1988 , pp. 577 - 578
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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