Prevalence of Chronic Supportive Otitis Media and the Laboratory Presentation At Nawabshah.
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Key words: Chronic suppurative otitis media, laboratory presentation, Streptococci, Levofloxin, ceftriaxone.Abstract
Objective: To determine the frequency of chronic suppurative otitis media, common bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility on culture and sensitivity among patient having otorrhea.
Study design: Cross sectional descriptive
Place and duration: This study was conducted in the ENT outpatient department at PMC hospital Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazir Abad from April 20l8to September, 2018 Material & Methods:110 CSOM patients were examined. A questionnaire was filled to obtain demographic data; sterile cotton swab was utilized forgetting ear discharge. For culture and sensitivity test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed on Mueller-Hinton agar using disk diffusion method.
Conclusion: Streptococci species were the most dominant microbiological isolate followed by pneumococcus species. The Isolated microorganisms had higher susceptibility rate to Levofloxin and ceftriaxone.
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