Efficacy of nasopharyngeal culture in identification of pathogens in middle ear fluid in chronic otitis media with effusion

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Eser, O K ^a   Ipci, K ^a   Alp, S ^a   Akyol, U ^a   Unal, O F ^a   Hascelik, G ^a   Sennaroglu, L ^a   Gur D ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic otitis media with effusion; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Multiplex PCR; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHRONIC SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 67749149018     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.53206     Document Type: Article

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