The incidence of acute otitis media (AOM) in infants and young children has increased
dramatically in recent years in the United States. AOM often follows upper respiratory tract …

Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most frequent diagnosis in physician offices among children
1-4 years of age. Viruses that cause upper respiratory tract infections (ie, respiratory …

Otitis media (OM) affects children throughout the world. In developed countries the major
morbidity associated with OM is conductive hearing loss resulting from liquid filling the …

Otitis media is currently the most common diagnosis made by clinicians, which has a major
impact on managed care. The emergence of resistant bacterial pathogens has caused …

In nonindustrialized countries, the most frequent causes of morbidity and mortality among
children are infectious diseases, especially lower respiratory infections (Berman 1991 …

Bacteriological and epidemiological data of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the hospital of
southern Reunion island We studied the epidemiology of S t reptococcus pneumoniae in …