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ArticleQatar medical journal2021

Profile of aerobic bacteria and their antibiotic sensitivity in chronic suppurative otitis media in Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital, Ramadi City, Iraq.

Raid M Al-Ani, Maysaa I Al-Zubaidi, Shehab A Lafi

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Article in Qatar medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raid M Al-AniUniversity of Anbar, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery/ENT, Iraq E-mail: raedalani2003@yahoo.com.
Maysaa I Al-ZubaidiUniversity of Anbar, College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Iraq.
Shehab A LafiUniversity of Anbar, College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Iraq.
University of Anbar · IQ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a common otological problem in daily clinical practice. It is crucial to know the bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibilities in patients with CSOM to achieve a good clinical outcome.

objectivesTo identify the aerobic bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivities in subjects with CSOM in Al-Ramadi Teaching Hospital. MATERIALS AND

methodsA cross-sectional, descriptive study included 102 subjects with a clinical diagnosis of CSOM (aural discharge >2 weeks, eardrum perforation, and conductive deafness). Purulent discharge was obtained from the middle ear with sterile swabs and cultured for bacterial microorganisms. The sensitivity of the isolated agents to antimicrobials was evaluated by a culture and sensitivity method. SPSS version 22 was used for statistical analysis of the data. Differences were considered statistically significant at

resultsOut of 3634 outpatient subjects, 102 (2.8%) presented with active CSOM. The age range of the patients was 1-70 years (mean 28.90 ± 19.8). There were 58 females (56.9%). Out of 117 ear swab specimens, 107 (91.5%) yielded positive cultures. The majority (101, 94.4%) of the specimens yielded a single organism. There was a high statistically significant difference (

conclusionThe prevalence rate of active CSOM was 2.8%. Ciprofloxacin showed high effectiveness against the two most common isolated pathogens (

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Aerobic bacteriaAntibiotic sensitivityChronic suppurative otitis mediaCiprofloxacinOtitis media

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