Concurrent Assay for Four Bacterial Species Including Alloiococcus Otitidis in Middle Ear, Nasopharynx and Tonsils of Children with Otitis Media with Effusion: A Preliminary Report

AYDIN E., TASTAN E., YUCEL M., AYDOGAN F., KARAKOC E., ARSLAN N., ...More

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.5, no.2, pp.81-85, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objectives. To detect the prevalences of Alloiococcus otitidis, as well as Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Moraxella catarrhalis in children with chronic otitis media with effusion (OME) and to simultaneously investigate the colonization of these bacteria in the nasopharynx and palatine tonsils of these patients.