Bacterial and sensitivity study of local cases of chronic suppurative otitis media

Chronic exudative otitis media usually results in impaired hearing and/or grave complications. Various predisposing factors, such as congenital or acquired anatomical barriers to drainage, allergy, systemic disease and low resistance of the patient, play a big role in its production. The exciting factor is usually bacterial in origin. This paper is chiefly concerned with the determination of the kind of organisms and their sensitivity reactions to various drugs, that may be encountered in cases of chronic exudative otitis media. For this purpose, cultures were made of material taken from the middle ear of patients with chronic otitis media. (Author)