Abstract
Investigating the Role of Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Influenza virus in Patients with Otitis Media with Effusion
Highlights
Otitis media (OM) is a type of inflammatory and infectious diseases that affects the middle ear and has various groups that are different regarding presentation, related complications, and treatment1
OM is divided into two categories: acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME)2-5
Bacterial DNAs have been found in the middle ear fluid (MEF) samples of 80% OME patients, antibiotic treatments have not significantly reduced the incidence of OME
Summary
Otitis media (OM) is a type of inflammatory and infectious diseases that affects the middle ear and has various groups that are different regarding presentation, related complications, and treatment. OM is divided into two categories: acute otitis media (AOM) and otitis media with effusion (OME). OME is a common childhood disease whose etiology is not quite obvious, it is created in response to chronic inflammation of the middle ear and known with continuous effusion of serous and mucous fluid with priority of mucin of high viscosity, and it does not have good drainage through the Eustachian tube [6,7,8,9]. Despite the conventional administration of antibiotics for treatment of AOM, the prevalence of OME has increased by 250% in the United States from 1975 to 1990. Bacterial DNAs have been found in the middle ear fluid (MEF) samples of 80% OME patients, antibiotic treatments have not significantly reduced the incidence of OME
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