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A double-blind comparative study of ofloxacin otic drops versus neomycin-polymyxin B-hydrocortisone otic drops in the medical treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michael C. F. Tong ,
John K. S. Woo  and
C. Andrew van Hasselt
Michael C. F. Tong
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
John K. S. Woo
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
C. Andrew van Hasselt*
Affiliation:
Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
*
Address for correspondence: Professor C. A. van Hasselt, Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Fax: (852) 2646-6312
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Abstract

Active chronic suppurative otitis media poses a management problem when patients are being considered for surgical treatment. Topical antibiotics have demonstrated varying degrees of success in the management of discharging ears. The introduction of quinolones has revived interest in these topical agents. This double-blind study compares two antibiotics, namely ofloxacin and neomycin-polymyxin B, with similar in vitro sensitivities to Gram positive and Gram negative organisms. Fifty-two patients were selected randomly and the results show that ofloxacin eardrops have marginal benefits in symptomatic improvement (89 per cent versus 79 per cent, p = 0.27) and bacterial eradication (81 per cent versus 75 per cent, p = 0.81) in active chronic suppurative otitis media. Significantly fewer patients (seven per cent versus 29 per cent, p = 0.04) in the ofloxacin group had active disease at the end of the two-week treatment. We recommend the use of ofloxacin eardrops in managing active chronic suppurative otitis media since it has high clinical efficacy, contains no steroid component and has no demonstrated risk of ototoxicity.

Keywords

Otitis media, chronic suppurativeDrug therapy
Type
Main Articles
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 4 , April 1996 , pp. 309 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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