TY - JOUR
T1 - Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media
AU - Binks, Michael
AU - Cheng, Allen
AU - Smith-Vaughan, Heidi
AU - Sloots, Theo
AU - Nissen, Michael
AU - Whiley, David
AU - McDonnell, Joseph
AU - Leach, Amanda
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Background
Acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) affects 40 of remote Indigenous children during the first 18 months of life. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis are the primary bacterial pathogens of otitis media and their loads predict clinical ear state. Our hypothesis is that antecedent respiratory viral infection increases bacterial density and progression to perforation.
AB - Background
Acute otitis media with perforation (AOMwiP) affects 40 of remote Indigenous children during the first 18 months of life. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis are the primary bacterial pathogens of otitis media and their loads predict clinical ear state. Our hypothesis is that antecedent respiratory viral infection increases bacterial density and progression to perforation.
UR - http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2334-11-161.pdf
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2334-11-161
DO - 10.1186/1471-2334-11-161
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - BMC Infectious Diseases
JF - BMC Infectious Diseases
SN - 1471-2334
IS - Art. No: 161
ER -