@article{33165d306bc448e48a7a7b4640870071,
title = "Bacteriology of acute otitis media: A new perspective",
abstract = "Pathogenic bacteria were isolated from 90% of patients with acute otitis media. This higher-than-expected rate of positive cultures was probably related to the meticulous bacteriologic techniques used.",
author = "{Del Beccaro}, {Mark A.} and Mendelman, {Paul M.} and Inglis, {Andrew F.} and Richardson, {Mark A.} and Duncan, {Newton O.} and Clausen, {Carla R.} and Stull, {Terrence L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This high frequency of sterile cultures of specimens from patients with AOM is poorly understood. Viral infections Supported in part by The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo Mich. Presented in part at the Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, New Orleans, La., April 1991, and at the Fifth International Symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 20-24, 1991. Submitted for publication May 3, 1991; accepted Aug. 6, 1991. Reprint requests: Mark A. Del Beccaro, MD, c/o Emergency SerVices, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, PO Box C5371, Seattle, WA 98105. 9/22/32933 have been implicated as a possible cause. 4, 8 Attempts to isolate anaerobes or mycoplasmas have not been successful. 6{"}8 For children with signs of AOM the sterile cultures could also be a result of technical difficulties with the isolation of bacteria from the tympanocentesis fluid. This report describes our isolation of bacterial pathogens from patients with AOM.",
year = "1992",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/S0022-3476(05)80605-5",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "120",
pages = "81--84",
journal = "Journal of Pediatrics",
issn = "0022-3476",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "1",
}