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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa chondritis after piercing in adolescent: About a case and review of the literature

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Oulghoul Omar 1, Kajai Soufiyane 1, *, El Idrissi Driss 1, Chehbouni Mohamed 1, Lakhdar Youssef 1, Benhoummad Othmane 2, Rochdi Youssef 1 and Raji Abdelaziz 1

1 ENT, Head and Neck surgery department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakech, Caddi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
2 ENT, Head and Neck surgery department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(03), 699-702
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.3.2467
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.3.2467
 
Received on 22 October 2023; revised on 09 December 2023; accepted on 11 December 2023
 
Pinna piercing become a trend and is associated with increase complications. We report a case presenting with post-piercing chondritis in our department and we describe clinical features, treatment and follow-up.
It is about a 14-years-old patient, consulted for right pinna pain, which had pierced 15 days earlier. On clinical examination, she had swollen pinna respecting the lobule, with pus output from the orifices of the piercing. The diagnosis retained was extensive chondritis with abscess. Intravenous probabilistic antibiotherapy was started after surgical drainage without waiting for culture, using combining ciprofloxacin and metronidazole during her hospitalization. Culture results have revealed a Pseudomonas aeruginosa sensitive to these antibiotics. The ear returns to a normal shape after 15 days apart a hypertrophic scar
Ear piercing may lead to infections or deformity. In case of chondritis, early administration of an antibiotic therapy is recommended. Prevention remains the best treatment.
 
Piercing; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Chondritis; Culture
 
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Oulghoul Omar, Kajai Soufiyane, El Idrissi Driss, Chehbouni Mohamed, Lakhdar Youssef, Benhoummad Othmane, Rochdi Youssef and Raji Abdelaziz. Pseudomonas aeruginosa chondritis after piercing in adolescent: About a case and review of the literature. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(3), 699-702. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.3.2467

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