Open AccessMicroorganisms and Culture and Sensitivity Pattern in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Author(s) -
Krishna Sundar Shrestha,
Surendra Kumar Madhup,
Bikash Lal Shrestha,
Manish Pokharel,
A Dhakal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of college of medical sciences-nepal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2091-0673
pISSN - 2091-0657
DOI - 10.3126/jcmsn.v17i3.39719
Subject(s) - chronic suppurative otitis media , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , otitis , ossicles , pseudomonas aeruginosa , nose , otorhinolaryngology , surgery , middle ear , bacteria , biology , genetics
CSOM is defined as persistent or intermittent infected discharge of more than three months duration through the perforated or non intact tympanic membrane caused by bacteria, fungi and virus resulting in inflammation of mucosal lining that often results in partial or total loss of tympanic membrane and ossicles. The aim of study was to study the current bacteriological profile responsible for the disease.Methods This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at the department of Ear , Nose and Throat (ENT) and Head and Neck Surgery (HNS) in a tertiary care centre from January 2019 to December 2020. Ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (Reference number 52/2021). A convenient sampling method was used and data analysis was done in Microsoft Excel . Point estimate at 95% confidence interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data.Results There were a total of 324 patients included in the study. The age range was from five tosixty-eight years. Most patients were of the age group below 10 years. There were a totalof 178 males and 146 females. The most common organism isolated were Staphylococcusaureus 145 (44.8%) and Psedomonas aeruginosa 86 (26.6%).ConclusionsStaphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the most common organismsresponsible for chronic suppurative otitis media in our study. Keywords: chronic suppurative otitis media, Staphyllococcus aureus.