Auricular Infections Caused by High Ear Piercing in Adolescents

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Experience and Reason| April 01 1997 Auricular Infections Caused by High Ear Piercing in Adolescents Ronna Staley, MD; Ronna Staley, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar James J. Fitzgibbon, MD; James J. Fitzgibbon, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Catherine Anderson; Catherine Anderson Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar LSM, MSN LSM, MSN Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Reprint requests to (R.S.) Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, One Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308–1062. Pediatrics (1997) 99 (4): 610–611. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.99.4.610 Article history Received: July 18 1996 Accepted: October 16 1996 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Ronna Staley, James J. Fitzgibbon, Catherine Anderson, LSM, MSN; Auricular Infections Caused by High Ear Piercing in Adolescents. Pediatrics April 1997; 99 (4): 610–611. 10.1542/peds.99.4.610 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All PublicationsAll JournalsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP Grand RoundsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: piercing of ear lobe, cartilage Piercing of various body parts, including high ear piercing, is increasingly more common among adolescents. This fashionable choice of new and different body areas to pierce carries an additional risk of serious morbidity. In particular, an increase in serious infection with Pseudomonas andStaphylococcus is associated with high ear piercing. Most commonly, infection occurs in newly pierced ears and during warm-weather months. During one summer, 3 weeks before admission, a 14-year-old girl had the auricular cartilage in each ear pierced with a piercing gun. Approximately 2½ weeks later, she noted swelling, erythema, and tenderness of her left ear surrounding the pin site. Drainage tubes were placed by an otolaryngologist on the anterior and posterior surface of the pinna. The patient was given 500 mg of dicloxacillin every 6 hours for 2 days and then 500 mg of cephalexin every 6 hours for 2 days. The infection progressed, with increased purulent... You do not currently have access to this content.