Ofloxacin eardrop treatment for active chronic suppurative otitis media: prospective randomized study.

Article

Ofloxacin eardrop treatment for active chronic suppurative otitis media: prospective randomized study.

Po Wing Yuen,Sai Kit Lau,P. Y. Chau,Y Hui,S F Wong,Simon H. Wong+1 more-1994-09-01-PubMed

45

TL;DRAbstract

This report presents a prospective randomized study of 0.3 percent ofloxacin eardrops for the treatment of active chronic suppurative otitis media. Twenty-nine patients were treated with ofloxacin eardrops for 1 week, and another 27 patients were treated with Augmentin for 1 week. One week after completion of treatment, 22 (76%) patients of the group treated with ofloxacin had dry ears, and only seven (26%) patients treated with Augmentin had dry ears. Ofloxacin eardrops were effective in the initial treatment of active chronic suppurative otitis media.

Chat with Paper

AI Agents for this Paper

This report presents a prospective randomized study of 0.3 percent ofloxacin eardrops for the treatment of active chronic suppurative otitis media. Twenty-nine patients were treated with ofloxacin eardrops for 1 week, and another 27 patients were treated with Augmentin for 1 week. One week after completion of treatment, 22 (76%) patients of the group treated with ofloxacin had dry ears, and only seven (26%) patients treated with Augmentin had dry ears. Ofloxacin eardrops were effective in the initial treatment of active chronic suppurative otitis media.

Keywords

MedicineOfloxacinChronic Suppurative Otitis MediaRandomized controlled trialProspective cohort studyAcute otitis mediaSurgeryOtitis

Chat

Click to start Chat