PEDIATRICS Vol. 63 No. 6 June 1979, pp. 915-919
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The Microbiology of Serous and Mucoid Otitis Media

G. Scott Giebink M.D.1, Elaine L. Mills M.D.1, John S. Huff M.D.1, Charlene K. Edelman 1, Marcia L. Weber 1, S. K. Juhn M.D.1, and Paul G. Quie M.D.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics, Otolaryngology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (Division of Clinical Microbiology), University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis

One hundred forty-four serous and mucoid effusions were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and virus. Thirty percent of all effusions yielded an unequivocally positive culture for aerobic bacteria. Although serous effusions were culture positive as often as mucoid effusions, Haemophilus influenzae was isolated predominantly from serous effusions and Staphylococcus epidermidis predominantly from mucoid samples. Only one of 73 effusions yielded a viral isolate (Herpesvirus honiinis). None of 33 effusions yielded M pneumoniae, and only one of 17 effusions yielded an anaerobe (Propionibacterium). These findings suggest that aerobic bacteria may play a role in the pathogensis of serous and mucoid otitis media.

Submitted on August 18, 1978
Accepted on October 6, 1978




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