MATERIAL AND METHODS:
This is a prospective study done at [removed for blind peer review]
from 2015-2018. Five patients who presented in the ENT OPD with cochlear
implant infection were included in the study. The audiological follow up
indicated a functional implant with no clinical features suggestive of
meningitis or systemic infection. Despite a rigorous course of
antibiotics there was recurrent swelling and discharge at the operated
site in these patients.
However, in two patients implant was exposed along with discharge.