Acute Otitis Media Is Not a Pure Bacterial Disease

Is acute otitis media a treatable disease?

In this issue of the Journal, investigators in Pittsburgh and in Turku, Finland, respond to the question of whether infants and young children with acute otitis media benefit from amoxicillin– clavulanate therapy initiated at the time of diagnosis.1,2 Physicians who cared for children 50 years ago would be surprised — more likely shocked — that the question is being asked. Before antimicrobial ...

Bacterial otitis media: a vaccine preventable disease?

Otitis media (OM) is the most common childhood illness for which medical advice is sought. Whilst the disease rarely results in death, there is a significant level of morbidity and economic burden on the community. Although the causes of OM are multifactoral, bacterial and viral infections are the single most important cause. Bacteria responsible for infections of the middle ear are predominant...

Acute Otitis Media

Distinguishing Acute Otitis Media From Otitis Media With Effusion

Correction: Is Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media a Neglected Tropical Disease?

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003485.].