Mastoiditis classification
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Overview
Classification
Mastoiditis can be classified by disease duration into three types, acute, sub acute and chronic:
- Acute: infection less than one month. Mostly due to acute otitis media in children
- Sub acute: indolent infection more than one month, due to inadequate antibiotic therapy and persistent bacteria in middle ear. Holt GR, Gates GA (1983). "Masked mastoiditis". Laryngoscope. 93 (8): 1034–7. PMID 6877011.
- Chronic: mastoid cavities infection for months to years