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.