Open AccessIn Vitro Bacterial Interference in the Nasopharynx of Otitis Media–Prone and Non–Otitis Media–Prone Children
Author(s) -
Itzhak Brook,
Alan E. Gober
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
archives of otolaryngology--head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-361X
pISSN - 0886-4470
DOI - 10.1001/archotol.126.8.1011
Subject(s) - prevotella , peptostreptococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , otitis , anaerobic exercise , anaerobic bacteria , biology , moraxella catarrhalis , aerobic bacteria , bacteria , antibiotics , physiology , haemophilus influenzae , genetics
To compare the frequency of recovery of potential pathogens and aerobic- and anaerobic-interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of otitis media-prone (OMP) with that in non-OMP (N-OMP) children.