Results of antibiotic sensitivity tests of bacteria causing acute Otitis Media

Abstract

In a period of 12 months 241 children (2-12 years old) with Otitis Media were examined. 98 bacteria were isolated from Otitis Media discharge and tested for sensitivity against 13 generic antibiotics. The disk-agar diffusion and macrodilution both methods were used for these tests. Staphylococcus aureus had the highest and streptococcus pneumonia the lowest rate of occurrence. Otitis Media cases caused by merely a single bacterium were 12 fold more than those caused by two bacteria and 4 fold more than those caused by more than two bacteria. The antibacterial efficacy of carbenicillin, gentamicin, kanamycin and amikacin was higher than that of other antibiotics in disk-agar diffusion method. The MIC rates of cefoperazone against four most frequently encountered bacteria were higher than that of Mezlocillin