Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol.  2012 Jun;5(2):81-85. 10.3342/ceo.2012.5.2.81.

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
• Kantekin Y
• Demirci M

• KMID: 2117501
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3342/ceo.2012.5.2.81

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.
METHODS
The study included 34 pediatric patients with OME, and 15 controls without OME. In the study group, A. otitidis, H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and M. catarrhalis were investigated in the samples obtained from middle ear effusions (MEE), nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) and tonsillar swabs (TS), using multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and conventional culture methods. Only the samples obtained from NPS and TS were studied with the same techniques in the control group.
RESULTS
A. otitidis was isolated only in MEE and only with multiplex PCR method. A. otitidis, S. pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis, H. influenzae were identified in 35%, 8.8%, 8.8%, and 2.9%, respectively, in 34 MEE. A. otitidis was not isolated in NPS or TS of the study and the control groups.
CONCLUSION
The prevalence of A.otitidis is high in children with OME and A.otitidis doesn't colonize in the nasopharynx or tonsil.

Keyword

Alloiococcus otitidis; Otitis media with effusion; Polymerase chain reaction; Culture; Nasopharynx; Tonsil

MeSH Terms

Bacteria
Child
Colon
Ear, Middle
Haemophilus influenzae
Humans
Influenza, Human
Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Nasopharynx
Otitis
Otitis Media
Otitis Media with Effusion
Palatine Tonsil
Pneumonia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Streptococcus pneumoniae

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