Abstract
Introduction: Ear infection is one of major health problem in developing countries. It is classified as otitis media and otitis externa. Otitis media is inflammation of middle ear cleft.If not treated, complication such as recurrent acute otitis media,chronic otitis media,impairment in hearing,meningitis,brain abscess and sepsis may occur. Aim and objective:To determine bacteriological profile and its antibiotic susceptibility in patient with otitis media. Material and method : A total of 96 ear discharge samples of patients having signs and symptoms of otitis media were collected and were processed using standard microbiological procedures. Result: A total of 96 patients , 66(68.75%) were females and 30(31.25%) were males. Peak prevalence of otitis media seen in age group 5-15yr (45.83%).Out of 96 ear swabs , 80 samples were culture positive.The predominant organism was Staphylococcus aureus(42.50%) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa(32.50%).Gram positive isolates were highest sensitivity to Vancomycin(100%) and Linezolid(100%) and highest resistance to penicillin(54.06%).Gram negative isolates showed highest sensitivity to Colistin(95.34%), Imipenam(93.02%), Pipercillin-tazobactum(83.72%) and least sensitivity to ampicillin(2.32%). Conclusion:Continuous and periodic evaluations of etiological agents and its antibiotic susceptibility is important for otitis media for rationale use of antibiotic and to prevent progression of the disease.
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