One third of middle ear effusions from children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement had multiple bacterial pathogens
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One third of middle ear effusions from children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement had multiple bacterial pathogens
BACKGROUND Because previous studies have indicated that otitis media may be a polymicrobial disease, we prospectively analyzed middle ear effusions of children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement with multiplex polymerase chain reaction for four otopathogens. METHODS Middle ear effusions from 207 children undergoing routine tympanostomy tube placement were collected and were classified by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-87