The pathogens profile in children with otitis media with effusion and adenoid hypertrophy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the presence of viruses and bacteria in middle ear and adenoids of patients with and without otitis media with effusion (OME).

Methods

Adenoid samples and middle ear washes (MEW) were obtained from children with OME associated with adenoid hypertrophy undergoing adenoidectomy and tympanostomy, and compared to those obtained from patients undergoing cochlear implant surgery, as a control group. Specific DNA or RNA of 9 respiratory viruses (rhinovirus, influenza virus, picornavirus, syncytial respiratory virus, metapneumovirus, coronavirus, enterovirus, adenovirus and bocavirus) and 5 bacteria (S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus) were extracted and quantified by real-time PCR.

Results

37 OME and 14 cochlear i

SUBMITTER: Buzatto GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5322954 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature