Mastoiditis

Abstract

Acute mastoiditis is a destructive inflammatory disease of the mastoid bone, and is the most common intratemporal complication of acute otitis media (AOM) [1]. Prior to the widespread use of antibiotics, approximately 20% of AOM cases were complicated with mastoiditis [2]. Recent studies reveal a change in the incidence of acute mastoiditis, as there have been increases in the incidence of unconventional pathogens such as Actinomyces, Pseudomonas, and penicillin-resistant pneumococci [3, 4]. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.