Polymerase Chain Reaction, Bacteriologic Detection and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated from Otitis Media with Effusion in Children, Shiraz, Iran

Authors

  • Abolhasan Faramarzi Department of Otolaryngology, Khalili Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Akbar Bayat Department of Otolaryngology, Khalili Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mahmood Shishegar Department of Otolaryngology, Khalili Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mohammad Motamedifar Shiraz HIV/AIDS Research Center (SHARC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Shiraz Medical School, Shiraz, University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz, Iran
  • Tayyebe Kazemi Department of Otolaryngology, Khalili Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract:

Background: Otitis media with effusion is one of the leading causes of hearing loss in children. Effective treatment of effusion in the middle ear requires appropriate empirical treatment and characterization of responsible pathogens. Objective of the present study was to detect pathogens in clinical samples from patients with otitis media with effusion in our area and to determine the sensitivity profile of isolated organisms to commonly used antibiotics. Methods: Sixty three samples of middle ear effusion were aseptically obtained from 36 children, who had been treated up to at least two weeks before sampling. They were analyzed using standard bacteriological and multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were also performed. Results: PCR analysis showed that DNA of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis were present in 60 (95.2%) of the samples. The culture-positive effusion for Streptococcus Pneumoniae, HaemophilusInfluenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis was 34.9%. Almost all isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniaee were sensitive to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin, and none of them was sensitive to co-trimoxazole. None of H. Influenzae isolates was sensitive to erythromycin, cefixim, co-trimoxazole, ampicillin and amoxicillin. None of M. Catarrhalis isolates was sensitive to ceftriaxone, co-trimoxazole, ampicillin and amoxicillin. Conclusion: Compared with other studies using PCR method, the number of H. influenza isolates was in higher in the present study (95.2%). Antibiotic sensitivity profiles of pathogens isolated in this study were different from others. Thus, we can determine empirical antibiotic therapy based on sensitivity profile in our geographic area.

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volume 36  issue 4

pages  273- 280

publication date 2011-12-01

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