Is There an Association between Concurrent Epstein-Barr Virus Infection and Sudden Hearing Loss?-A Case-Control Study in an East Asian Population.

J Clin Med · 2023 · PMC10004397 · PMID 36902736

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Our study demonstrated that approximately one-tenth of the enrolled SSNHL patients had evidence of concurrent EBV infection, as reflected by the positive qPCR test results, and a negative trend between hearing gain and the viral DNA PCR level was found within the affected cohort after steroid therapy.

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