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Bacteriology of chronic otitis media with effusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. Diamond ,
P. R. Sisson ,
A. M. Kearns  and
H. R. Ingham
C. Diamond*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
P. R. Sisson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE4 6BE.
A. M. Kearns
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE4 6BE.
H. R. Ingham
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE4 6BE.
*
Mr. Charles Diamond, 93 Kenton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4NL.
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Abstract

Samples of middle ear effusions from 102 children with serous and mucoid otitis media were cultured for mycoplasmas and bacteria. No sample yielded mycoplasmas but bacteria were cultured from 48 (47 per cent). Organisms commonly regarded as pathogens were present in 25 samples (Haemophilus influenzae 17, Streptococcus pneumoniae four, other streptococci four). The only sample from which anaerobic bacteria were isolated was from a patient with cholesteatoma.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 4 , April 1989 , pp. 369 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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