Abstract

BACTERIAL ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA IN BAGHDAD

Rasha M. S Aloqaili*, M. K. Ameen, Dhuha S. N and I. H. N. Almusawi

ABSTRACT

To determine the bacterial etiology of acute otitis media(AOM) infections. This prospective descriptive clinical study was implemented in Alkindy Hospital between March, 2013 and October, 2013 with 30 cases, age group was ranged from15-65 years. The diagnosis of acute otitis media infection was confirmed by an otolaryngologist following that taken the paracentesis from the patients. Bacterial culture was done , and antibacterial resistance was assessed with disk diffusion method, in our finding the most frequent etiologic agent was Pseudomonas aeruginosa 37% and followed by Staphylococcus aureus 20%, Proteus 17%, Klebsiella10%, Escherichia coli 7%, Providenciastuartii3%, Ewingella-Americana 3%, in order of frequency. Antibiotic susceptibility test showed that bacterial isolates was more resistant to Cephalotuin, Aztreouam and Piperacillin respectively among all our were used in this test. In this study, it was aimed to determine the bacterial etiology in the human applied to our hospital and diagnosed with AOM.

Keywords: Otitis Media, Etiology of bacterial, Antibiotics.