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Management of acute otitis media in children six months of age and older.
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- Antibiotic use and adherence to Finnish treatment guidelines in pediatric acute otitis media.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Prescribing and Dispensing Delayed Antibiotics for Pediatric Patients with Otitis Media and Pharyngitis.The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy · 2026Article
- Antibiotic prescribing practices for acute otitis media and community-acquired pneumonia in a pediatric emergency department.Paediatrics & child health · 2025Article
- Otitis Media in Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Assessing the potential for non-digestible carbohydrates toward mitigating adverse effects of antibiotics on microbiota composition and activity in an in vitro colon model of the weaning infant.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Prospective Drug Utilization Evaluation Analysis in Outpatient Departments with Ear, Nose, and Throat Outpatients: Incorporating Benchmarks and World Health Organization Indicators.Turkish journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2024Article
- Wildfire Seasons, Prenatal PMACS ES&T air · 2024Article
- Acute otitis media diagnosis in childhood: still a problem in 2023?Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Genomic classification and antimicrobial resistance profiling of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenza isolates associated with paediatric otitis media and upper respiratory infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Window of Susceptibility to Acute Otitis Media Infection.Pediatrics · 2023Observational
- Short-term antibiotic therapy for the most common bacterial respiratory infections in infants and children.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- Acute otitis media in children 6 months to 2 years of age.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022Article
- Tympanostomy tubes for children with acute otitis media.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022Article
- Duration of antibiotic therapy for common infections.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2021Article
- Comparing Watchful Waiting Approach vs. Antibiotic Therapy in Children with Nonsevere Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of pediatrics · 2021Article
- Otitis Media Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Review
- Understanding Parents' Experiences and Information Needs on Pediatric Acute Otitis Media: A Qualitative Study.Journal of patient experience · 2019Article
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Abstract
Acute otitis media (AOM) continues to be a common infection in young children. Milder disease, usually due to viruses or less virulent bacteria, resolves equally quickly with or without antibiotics. A bulging tympanic membrane, especially if yellow or hemorrhagic, has a high sensitivity for AOM that is likely to be bacterial in origin and is a major diagnostic criterion for AOM. Perforation of the tympanic membrane with purulent discharge similarly indicates a bacterial cause. Immediate antibiotic treatment is recommended for children who are highly febrile (≥39°C), moderately to severely systemically ill or who have very severe otalgia, or have already been significantly ill for 48 h. For all other cases, parents can be provided with a prescription for antibiotics to fill if the child does not improve in 48 h or the child can be reassessed if this occurs. Amoxicillin remains the clear drug of choice. Ten days of therapy is appropriate for children <2 years of age, whereas older children can be treated for five days.
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