Persistent Purulent Otitis Media.

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Title: Persistent Purulent Otitis Media.
Authors: Schwartz, Richard H.1, Rodriguez, William J.1, Khan, Waheed N.1
Source: Clinical Pediatrics. Jul1981, Vol. 20 Issue 7, p445-447. 3p.
Subject Terms: Otitis media, Ear diseases, Middle ear diseases, Otitis, Antibiotics, Acute otitis media, Macrolide antibiotics, Juvenile diseases
Abstract: Of 429 children with acute otitis media who returned for follow-up evaluation, 49 (11%) were unresponsive to a 10- to 14-day course of ampicillin, amoxicillin, or erythromycin/sulfisoxazole. Patients with persistent purulent otitis media were noted to have immobile, bulging, yellow or grey, abscessed tympanic membranes at the follow-up visit. A myringotomy was performed on 45 children. Cultures of middle-ear exudate yielded ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in 14 (31%), ampicillin-susceptible pathogens (H. influenzae or Streptococcus pneumoniae) in 23 (51%), and no growth in 8 (18%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Of 429 children with acute otitis media who returned for follow-up evaluation, 49 (11%) were unresponsive to a 10- to 14-day course of ampicillin, amoxicillin, or erythromycin/sulfisoxazole. Patients with persistent purulent otitis media were noted to have immobile, bulging, yellow or grey, abscessed tympanic membranes at the follow-up visit. A myringotomy was performed on 45 children. Cultures of middle-ear exudate yielded ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in 14 (31%), ampicillin-susceptible pathogens (H. influenzae or Streptococcus pneumoniae) in 23 (51%), and no growth in 8 (18%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00099228
DOI:10.1177/000992288102000703