The bacterium is a frequent cause of acute otitis media in children.

The incidence of streptococcal pharyngitis and acute otitis media decreased during quarantine while gonorrhea increased.

Cefprozil is a new oral cephalosporin with activity against the most common pathogens isolated in acute otitis media.

Outcomes of interest were acute otitis media and medically attended acute respiratory infection in the first year of life.

Subjects: 240 children aged 6 months to 2 years with the diagnosis of acute otitis media.

Conclusions: Penicillin-resistant S. pneumoniae isolates are frequently responsible for therapeutic failure in cases of acute otitis media in the Paris region.

The animal model of acute otitis media (AOM) has been widely used to study the pathophysiology and treatment of this disease.

A recent episode of acute otitis media and previous tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy were associated with an increased risk of OME in multivariate logistic regression models.

The simultaneous decrease in prescribing for non-acute otitis media and increase for acute otitis media suggest diagnostic transfer, possibly to justify the decision to treat.

Conclusion: ED tympanometry of children with acute otitis media is unable to provide prognostic information regarding treatment failure, recurrent infection, or persistent middle ear effusion.

Objective: To determine the effect of antibiotic treatment for acute otitis media in children between 6 months and 2 years of age.

One hundred eighty-six children aged 5 months to 5 years, 10 months, with acute otitis media clinical failure were enrolled and treated in this trial.