Publications
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| a microbiological study of acute otitis media in bloemfontein. | tympanocentesis was done on 36 patients (57 ears) with acute otitis media. positive cultures were obtained in 65% of cases. streptococcus pneumoniae was the most commonly isolated organism (25% of ears). there was a high incidence of staphylococcus epidermidis infection (14% of ears); these organisms are considered to be true pathogens. haemophilus influenzae seemed to be less common than in other series and in all our cases were non-producers of beta-lactamase. penicillin and amoxycillin appear ... | 1987 | 3798284 |