Middle ear infections are common in children, and delay in diagnosis and treatment may result in complications such as delays in speech and language development and deafness. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and care seeking behaviour for middle ear infections in children under five years in Kigali city. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 810 children aged 6-59 mont...

The middle ear infection is the most common childhood infection. In order to elucidate the cell and molecular mechanisms involved in bacterial recognition and innate immune response, we have established a stable human middle ear cell line, which has contributed to the current knowledge concerning the molecular pathogenesis of the middle ear infection. The inner ear, a sensory organ responsible ...

Children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are more likely to have hearing loss and are more susceptible to middle ear infections. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively measure middle ear function, using tympanometry, in perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) and HIV-uninfected children living in Cape Town, South Africa.Hearing-related health questionnaire data were obtained ...

Introduction: Chronic otitis media (COM), a persistent and durable inflammation and infection of the middle ear, is a common disorder. Alterations in the contralateral ear in sufferers have been observed in recent years. Because only a few studies have been reported in this area, we performed this study in order to assess alterations in the contralateral ear of patients with COM.   Materials an...

OBJECTIVES The present study was designed to identify the correlations of bacterial strains of the middle ear and the nasopharynx in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) patients who were scheduled for operations. METHODS Sixty-three patients with CSOM were enrolled in the study. Culture specimens were collected from the middle ear and nasopharynx of patients who were admitted for operatio...

background: otitis media with effusion (ome) is common in the children. it is proven that pathogenic bacteria as a causative agent of middle ear effusion, however the role of fungal infection in otitis media with effusion remains unclear. therefore, this study was conducted to assess presence of fungi in ome. methods: from january 2005 to september 2006, a number of 62 children with proven otit...

Otitis media with effusion (OME) is defined as a collection of fluid in the middle ear without signs or symptoms of acute ear infection.1 OME has several potential causes. The leading causes include viral upper respiratory infection, acute otitis media (AOM), and chronic dysfunction of the eustachian tube.2,3 However, other potential explanations include ciliary dysfunction, proliferation of fl...