Table 2.

Common clinical signs and symptoms

Sr. no.	Signs and symptoms	IC group (no. of cases)	EC group (no. of cases)
1	Fever	10	9
2	Headache	18	13
3	Meningeal signs	9	–
4	Altered sensorium	9	–
5	Otalgia	16	10
6	Nausea and vomiting	9	8
7	Localization signs	23	–
8	Post aural swelling/fistula	–	9
9	Papilloedema	20	–
10	Facial nerve palsy	–	7
11	Dizziness	22	16
12	Nystagmus	21	8