Year: 1999 Vol. 65 Ed. 1 - (1º)
Artigos Originais
Pages: 10 to 17
Viral and Bacterial Cultures from the Nasopharynx and Middle Ear in Children with Chronic Otitis with Effusion.
Author(s):
Vera Andiara Rezende*,
Edigar Rezende Almeida **,
Ricardo Ferreira Bento***,
Edison Luíz Durigon **** ,
Viviane Fongaro Botosso***** ,
Divina Queiroz******.
Keywords: chronic secretory otitis media, nasopharynx, bacteria, virus
Abstract:
The role of bactéria and viruses in the pathogenesis of chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) is unclear. In this study, the authors cultured the nasopharynxx and middle ear of 30 children with clinical diagnosis of COME, confirmed by tympanometry. Cultures of the middle ear effusions were positive for bactéria in 33,6%, and for vir-uses in 16,5%. Nasopharyngeal cultures revealed bactéria in 66,4% of the children, and viruses were isolatedin 16,6%. The bactéria most comnlonly identified were streptococci and staphilococci, and the most common viruses were adenoviruses, followed by respiratory syncitial viruses.
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