Bacterial otitis media in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear, comprising a spectrum of diseases. It is the commonest episode of infection in children, which often occurs after an acute upper respiratory tract infection. Otitis media is ranked as the second most important cause of hearing loss and the fifth global burden of disease with a higher incidence in developing worlds like Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Therefore, this systematic review is aimed to quantitatively estimate the current status of bacterial otitis media, bacterial etiology and their susceptibility profile in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS:A literature search was conducted from major databases and indexing services including EMBASE (Ovid interface), PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, WHO Afric

SUBMITTER: Tesfa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7077006 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature