Association of Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization during Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and the Development of Acute Otitis Media | Zendy

Krystal Revai | Zendy; Dheeresh K. Mamidi | Zendy; Tasnee Chonmaitree | Zendy

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Association of Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization during Upper Respiratory Tract Infection and the Development of Acute Otitis Media

Author(s) -

Krystal Revai,

Dheeresh K. Mamidi,

Tasnee Chonmaitree

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/525856

Subject(s) - medicine , acute otitis media , otitis , respiratory tract , respiratory tract infections , bacteria , upper respiratory tract infection , colonization , lower respiratory tract infection , pathogenic bacteria , respiratory infection , microbiology and biotechnology , upper respiratory infections , immunology , respiratory system , biology , surgery , genetics

Acute otitis media occurs mostly after upper respiratory tract infection; the causative bacteria are those colonized in the nasopharynx. We studied 709 episodes of upper respiratory tract infection and found that children with no bacteria in the nasopharynx were at low risk for acute otitis media, whereas children with 3 pathogenic bacteria were at the greatest risk.

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