Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29849503›Full record

ArticleBMC ear, nose, and throat disorders2018

Isolation and antimicrobial drug susceptibility pattern of bacterial pathogens from pediatric patients with otitis media in selected health institutions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a prospective cross-sectional study.

Tewodros Tesfa Hailegiyorgis, Wondemagegn Demsiss Sarhie, Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie

Open access · hybridAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in BMC ear, nose, and throat disorders, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Global prevalence of macrolide-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
    Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Global Antimicrobial Non-Susceptibility Patterns ofInfection and drug resistance · 2026
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Microbiological Assessment of Chronic Otitis Media: Aerobic Culture Isolates and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
    Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Panel 7 - Pathogenesis of otitis media - a review of the literature between 2015 and 2019.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2020
    Review
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tewodros Tesfa Hailegiyorgis1Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medical and Health Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O.BOX, 235 Harar, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-8274-2179
Wondemagegn Demsiss SarhieDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wello University, P.O.BOX, =1145 Dessie, Ethiopia.
Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie3School of Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Pediatric Nursing, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O.BOX, 235 Harar, Ethiopia.
Haramaya University · ETWollo University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOtitis media is inflammation of the middle ear and tympanic membrane, which often occurs after an acute upper respiratory tract infection. It is the most common episode of infection in children and the second most important cause of hearing loss affecting 1.23 billion people, thus ranked fifth global burden of disease with a higher incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the isolation rate of bacterial pathogens from pediatric patients with otitis media. METHODOLOGY: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2013-June 2014 in Addis Ababa among 210 pediatrics patients. Demographic, clinical and associated factors data was obtained in face to face interview with guardians/parents by 5 trained nurse data collectors using structured questionnaire. Middle ear drainage swab was collected following all aseptic procedures and transported to the microbiology laboratory. Culture and Antimicrobial sensitivity test were performed according to the standards. The data quality was assured by questionnaire translation, retranslation and pretesting. Reference strains were used as a positive and negative control for biochemical tests, and culture results were cross checked. Data was checked for completeness, consistency and then entered into Epi Info v3.5.1 and analyzed by SPSS v20. Data interpretation was made using graphs, tables, and result statements.

resultA total of 196 middle ear drainage swab samples were analyzed from pediatric patients and of those 95 (48.5%) samples were positive for pathogenic organisms. The major isolate was

conclusion

Indexed as

Antimicrobial susceptibilityBacterial pathogensOtitis mediaPediatric patients

Identifiers

PMID29849503
PMCPMC5968499
OpenAlexW2805988557

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.