Publications
| 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 |
| a microbiological study of acute maxillary sinusitis in bloemfontein. | microbiological analyses and antibiotic sensitivity tests were done on 26 patients with acute maxillary sinusitis during the first 9 months of 1986. positive cultures were obtained in 23 of the patients, with anaerobes cultured in 13 (50%). haemophilus influenzae was cultured in all non-producers of beta-lactamase. therapy with erythromycin and chloromycetin appeared to be equally effective in aerobic cases and metronidazole was effective in all anaerobic cases. | 1988 | 3187830 |