Skull Base Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Epidemiology, Microbiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Outcomes.
BACKGROUND Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is a life-threatening infection arising predominantly from necrotizing external otitis, producing progressive osteitis of the temporal and central skull base. Originally described in elderly diabetic patients, its demographic profile has broadened to encompass immunocompromised...