Clinical and bacteriological study of acute otitis media

ABSTRACT

Between February 1986 and February 1987 eighty patients presented with Acute Otitis media. Adolescent and adults formed the majority in this group, 36% of patients presented when they already had a perforation in the tympanic membrane. Bacteriological cultures revealed Staph. pyogenes, Staph. aureus, Strept. pneumonae and Haemophilus, to be the common organisms. These Patients were divided into two groups for a double blind trial half recieving Bacampicillin and half placebo. There was satisfactory clinical response to Bacampicillin with 36 patients improving with treatment. The importance of antihistamine and decongestants was also realized in the management of the condition