Microbial profiling does not differentiate between childhood recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion

Kim Stol; Suzanne J. C. Verhaegh; Kees Graamans; Joost A. M. Engel; Patrick D. J. Sturm; Willem J. G. Melchers; Jacques F. Meis; Adilia Warris; John P. Hays; Peter W. M. Hermans

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.12.016

Microbial profiling does not differentiate between childhood recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion

Kim Stol, Suzanne J. C. Verhaegh, Kees Graamans, Joost A. M. Engel, Patrick D. J. Sturm, Willem J. G. Melchers, Jacques F. Meis, Adilia Warris, John P. Hays, Peter W. M. Hermans

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OBJECTIVES: Otitis media (OM) is one of the most frequent diseases of childhood, with a minority of children suffering from recurrent acute otitis media (rAOM) or chronic otitis media with effusion (COME), both of which are associated with significant morbidity. We investigated whether the microbiological profiling could be used to differentiate between these two conditions.

METHODS: Children up to five years of age, with rAOM (n = 45) or COME (n = 129) and scheduled for tympanostomy tube insertion were enrolled in a prospective study between 2008 and 2009. Middle ear fluids (n = 119) and nasopharyngeal samples (n = 173) were collected during surgery for bacterial culture and PCR analysis to identify Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis, and to detect 15 distinct respiratory viruses.

RESULTS: The occurrence of bacterial and viral pathogens in middle ear fluids did not significantly differ between patients suffering from rAOM and COME. In both patient cohorts, H. influenzae and rhinovirus were the predominant pathogens in the middle ear and nasopharynx. Nasopharyngeal carriage with two or three bacterial pathogens was associated with the presence of bacteria in middle ear fluid (P = 0.04). The great majority of the bacteria isolated from middle ear fluid were genetically identical to nasopharyngeal isolates from the same patient.

CONCLUSIONS: Based on these results, we propose that the common perception that rAOM is associated with recurrent episodes of microbiologically mediated AOM, whereas COME is generally a sterile inflammation, should be reconsidered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	488-493
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume	77
Issue number	4
Early online date	29 Jan 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.12.016
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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The authors would like to thank all of the children and parents who participated in this study. We are grateful to the staff of the departments ORL and Medical Microbiology of the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital and the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre for their commitment to the study, in particular M. de Bruyn (CWZ), C. Bartels and K. Teuwen (RUNMC) for excellent coordination. E.R. Simonetti and C. de Jongh-van der Gaast are acknowledged for technical assistance. We thank H.J. Bootsma and S. van Selm for critical reading of the manuscript. This project was funded by a European Union Sixth Framework Program (Project Title: OMVac. Project No. 037653).

Keywords

Otitis media
Bacteria
Viruses

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Stol, K., Verhaegh, S. J. C., Graamans, K., Engel, J. A. M., Sturm, P. D. J., Melchers, W. J. G., Meis, J. F., Warris, A., Hays, J. P., & Hermans, P. W. M. (2013). Microbial profiling does not differentiate between childhood recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 77(4), 488-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.12.016

Stol, K, Verhaegh, SJC, Graamans, K, Engel, JAM, Sturm, PDJ, Melchers, WJG, Meis, JF, Warris, A, Hays, JP & Hermans, PWM 2013, 'Microbial profiling does not differentiate between childhood recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion', International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 488-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.12.016

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Microbial profiling does not differentiate between childhood recurrent acute otitis media and chronic otitis media with effusion

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