Bacterial aetiology of chronic otitis media with effusion in children - risk factors.

Izabela Korona-GłowniakAgata WisniewskaMarek JudaKarolina KielbikGrazyna NiedzielskaAnna Malm

Published in: Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale (2020)

Overall we found OME predominantly a single otopathogen infection caused mainly by A. otitidis, which is difficult in identification using standard culture method, ahead to S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae. However, one third of MEF samples had multiple bacterial pathogens.

Keyphrases

risk factors
young adults
gram negative
antimicrobial resistance
respiratory tract