The relationship between chronic otitis media with effusion and surface and deep flora of hypertrophic adenoids

Almac A., Elicora S. S., YUMUK Z., Dundar V., Willke A.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, vol.73, no.10, pp.1438-1440, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 73 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.07.014
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1438-1440
  • Keywords: Adenoids, Bacterial flora, Chronic otitis media with effusion, NASOPHARYNGEAL BACTERIAL-FLORA, PRONE CHILDREN, RESISTANT-BACTERIA, MICROBIAL-FLORA, PATHOGENS, TONSILLITIS, COLONIZATION, INTERFERENCE, SINUSITIS, CULTURES
  • Kocaeli University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The relationship between bacterial flora of the adenoids and middle ear problems is unclear. In this study, superficial and deep aerobic and anaerobic bacterial flora of adenoid tissues were compared in children with and without chronic otitis media with effusion (cOME).