One third of middle ear effusions from children undergoing tympanostomy tube placement had multiple bacterial pathogens

• Main Authors: Holder Robert C (Author), Kirse Daniel J (Author), Evans Adele K (Author), Peters Timothy R (Author), Poehling Katherine A (Author), Swords W (Author), Reid Sean D (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...