Review Article

Infectious Causes of Cholesteatoma and Treatment of Infected Ossicles prior to Reimplantation by Hydrostatic High-Pressure Inactivation

Table 1

Bacterial and fungal species isolated from cholesteatoma material according to [917].

SubgroupSpecies

Gram-positive aerobic cocciKocuria  rosea
Leuconostoc  mesenteroides ssp. cremoris
Micrococcus  luteus
Staphylococcus  aureus
Staphylococcus  auricularis
Staphylococcus  capitis
Staphylococcus  epidermidis
Staphylococcus  hominis
Staphylococcus  simulans
Streptococcus  mitis
Streptococcus  sanguinis

Gram-positive aerobic rodsBacillus  licheniformis
Corynebacterium  pseudodiphtheriticum
Turicella  otitidis

Gram-positive anaerobic cocciPeptostreptococcus spp.

Gram-positive anaerobic rodsClostridium  bifermentans
Eubacterium  limosum
Fusobacterium spp.
Propionibacterium  acnes
Propionibacterium  granulosum

Gram-negative aerobic cocci Neisseria  sicca
Neisseria  subflava

Gram-negative aerobic rodsAeromonas  salmonicida
Acinetobacter  baumannii
Burkholderia  cenocepacia
Brevundimonas  diminuta
Histophilus  somni
Pseudomonas  aeruginosa
Pseudomonas  fluorescence
Ralstonia  pickettii
Sphingomonas  paucimobilis

Gram-negative anaerobic cocciVeillonella  parvula

Gram-negative anaerobic rodsBacteroides  ureolyticus
Porphyromonas spp.
Prevotella spp.

YeastsCandida  albicans