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Clinical and Bacteriological Peculiarities of the Acute Otites Media in Children of 0–5 Years of Age: Provisional Data

Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: Analysis of clinical peculiarities and etiological structure of otites in 150 children of 0–5 years of age hospitalized with the diagnosis «acute otitis media», which was proved otoscopically and at paracentesis, was conducted. Fluid obtained at paracentesis was examined bacteriologically — in 128 cases, by the PCR method — in 129 cases. 121 disease cases were etiologically identified, pneumococcus was singled out in 93 children (76.9%), as the only causative agent — in 31.4%, in combination with other pathogens — in 45.5%. Pneumococcal serotyping showed that the singled out strains correspond to the pneumococcal infection conjugate vaccines registered in Russia, which is a reason for cohort immunization of small children.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W82022333
FWCI: 0.327
Cites: 3
Cited by: 1
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