Changes in bacteriology of discharging ears
Journal
Journal of Laryngology and Otology
Journal Volume
116
Journal Issue
9
Pages
686-689
Date Issued
2002
Author(s)
Abstract
A bacteriological study on 161 consecutive out-patients presenting with otorrhoea was performed prospectively at a local teaching hospital in Taiwan between August 2000 and June 2001. A total of 177 isolates were recovered. Staphylococcus aureus was found in 77 (43.5 per cent) isolates, and non-Staphylococcus aureus in 100 (56.5 per cent) isolates. Pseudomas sp was found to be the most common pathogen (28.8 per cent) in the non-Staphylococcus aureus group. Staphylococcus aureus had become more common than Pseudomonas aeruginosa in acute ofitis externa, granular myringitis, and chronic otitis media in Taiwan. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was also an increasing problem in all three disease entities. The prevalence of community-acquired MRSA infections in discharging ears was found to be 13.7 per cent (22/161). MRSAs were highly susceptible to vancomycin, teicoplanin, fusidic acid, and minocycline. More studies should be done to determine the susceptibility of MRSA to ofloxacin in the future.
Subjects
Bacteriology; Ear; Methicillin Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus
SDGs
Other Subjects
fusidic acid; meticillin; minocycline; teicoplanin; vancomycin; adolescent; adult; aged; article; bacterial infection; bacterium isolate; chronic otitis media; community care; controlled study; disease severity; external otitis; female; human; infant; major clinical study; male; nonhuman; otorrhea; outpatient; pathogenesis; penicillin resistance; preschool child; prevalence; prospective study; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; school child; Staphylococcus aureus; Taiwan; teaching hospital
Publisher
Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
Type
journal article