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Analysis of pathogens and antimicrobial treatment in different groups of patients with chronic otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2021

W Kaźmierczak ,
J Janiak-Kiszka ,
A Budzyńska ,
M Nowaczewska ,
H Kaźmierczak  and
E Gospodarek-Komkowska
W Kaźmierczak
Affiliation:
Department of Human Physiology, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
J Janiak-Kiszka
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Laryngological Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
A Budzyńska
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
M Nowaczewska*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Laryngological Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
H Kaźmierczak
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Laryngological Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
E Gospodarek-Komkowska
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
*
Author for correspondence: Dr M Nowaczewska, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Laryngological Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum Nicolaus Copernicus University, M. Skłodowskiej, Curie number 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland E-mail: magy_mat@by.onet.pl
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Abstract

Objective

Microbial infection plays an important role in exacerbation of chronic otitis media. The aim of this study was to analyse the microbiota in chronic otitis media in the context of local treatment.

Method

In this prospective study, samples for microbiological examination were taken from 119 patients who underwent operation because of chronic otitis media.

Results

The results were compared between groups depending on the type of operation (none, tympanoplasty or radical), the presence of cholesteatoma or granulomatous tissue or discharge from the ear as a symptom of exacerbation. Antibiotic susceptibility of germs was analysed to define the strategy of treatment. A total of 209 samples were collected from 119 patients with chronic otitis media.

Conclusion

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were pathogens most frequently identified from the ear in the course of chronic otitis media. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was concerned with major pathology of the middle ear (radical surgery, cholesteatoma or granulomatous tissue, persisting discharge after treatment), whereas Staphylococcus aureus was obtained in dry perforations without other pathology in the middle-ear cavity. Ciprofloxacin was effective against Staphylococcus aureus, but Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were ciprofloxacin resistant.

Keywords

MicrobiotaChronic Otitis MediaTympanoplastyAntibiotics

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 136 , Issue 3 , March 2022 , pp. 219 - 222
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED.

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Dr M Nowaczewska takes responsibility for the integrity of the content of the paper

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