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Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2014
One in 4 children will have at least 1 episode of acute otitis media (AOM) by age 10 years. AOM results from infection of fluid that has become trapped in the middle ear. The bacteria that most often cause AOM are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
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One in 4 children will have at least 1 episode of acute otitis media (AOM) by age 10 years. AOM results from infection of fluid that has become trapped in the middle ear. The bacteria that most often cause AOM are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
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ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA IN CHILDREN
Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1996Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common reason parents bring children into the primary care physician's office. It is diagnosed by clinical symptoms of otalgia and often fever and irritability and by clinical otoscopy. Organisms common to the nasopharynx usually cause AOM. Many episodes of AOM resolve spontaneously. Because it is uncertain how many
Rosenfeld, J. A., Clarity, G.
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Acute Otitis Media in Children
Postgraduate Medicine, 1969The usual acute otitis media in a child progresses by distinct and reversible stages. Cultures are practical only after rupture or surgical incision of the tympanic membrane. Myringotomy is almost never necessary. One injection of a mixture of potassium penicillin G, procaine penicillin G, and benzathine penicillin G is effective treatment.
Gunnar B. Stickler, Lawrence W. DeSanto
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Symptoms of acute otitis media
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1998The decision to seek medical advise for children during upper respiratory infections is largely based on the parental assumption that the child's symptoms are related to acute otitis media. The symptoms related to acute otitis media, however, are considered nonspecific.Altogether 857 healthy day-care children (mean age, 3.7 years) were followed up for ...
Marjo Niemelä +4 more
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Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2000
The increase in drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has led to concerns about antibiotic resistance. Otitis media is the leading indication for antibiotic use in the United States. Evidence suggests that antibiotics do provide benefit to children with documented acute otitis media, and that carefully selected children may respond to shorter courses
Sharon Balter, Scott F. Dowell
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The increase in drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has led to concerns about antibiotic resistance. Otitis media is the leading indication for antibiotic use in the United States. Evidence suggests that antibiotics do provide benefit to children with documented acute otitis media, and that carefully selected children may respond to shorter courses
Sharon Balter, Scott F. Dowell
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Treatment of Acute Otitis Media
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1982ACUTE otitis media is an episodic disease in which individual occurrences usually resolve without specific treatment. Sequelae of acute or recurrent infection, however, are often serious and include decreased hearing, chronic mastoiditis, meningitis, cholesteatoma, tympanosclerosis, destruction of the ossicular chain, or facial nerve damage.
Alfred J. Saah +2 more
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Pediatric Annals, 2010
CME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 1. Review the recent changes in the microbiology of acute otitis media. 2. Differentiate the physical exam findings characteristic of acute otitis media (AOM) from those of otitis media with ...
Alejandro Hoberman, Nader Shaikh
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CME EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 1. Review the recent changes in the microbiology of acute otitis media. 2. Differentiate the physical exam findings characteristic of acute otitis media (AOM) from those of otitis media with ...
Alejandro Hoberman, Nader Shaikh
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Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
Pediatrics, 1975Most pediatricians recognize and treat acute otitis media several times each day. Yet there is wide disagreement about certain aspects of its diagnosis and treatment, despite a large and growing literature on the subject. This review attempts to summarize what is known about acute otitis media in children. DEFINITION Acute
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