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Recurrent infections of the middle ear

MedGen UID:
1644854
•Concept ID:
C4551766
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Disease or Syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update).
Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Bishop CE, Chelius DC, Hackell J, Hunter LL, Keppel KL, Kim AH, Kim TW, Levine JM, Maksimoski MT, Moore DJ, Preciado DA, Raol NP, Vaughan WK, Walker EA, Monjur TM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022 Feb;166(1_suppl):S1-S55. doi: 10.1177/01945998211065662. PMID: 35138954
Successful treatment of a recurrent Aspergillus niger otomycosis with local application of voriconazole.
Chappe M, Vrignaud S, de Gentile L, Legrand G, Lagarce F, Le Govic Y
J Mycol Med 2018 Jun;28(2):396-398. Epub 2018 Apr 16 doi: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2018.03.009. PMID: 29673769
Infectious causes of cholesteatoma and treatment of infected ossicles prior to reimplantation by hydrostatic high-pressure inactivation.
Masanta WO, Hinz R, Zautner AE
Biomed Res Int 2015;2015:761259. Epub 2015 Feb 1 doi: 10.1155/2015/761259. PMID: 25705686Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The effect of pneumococcal conjugated vaccines on occurrence of recurrent acute otitis media among infants diagnosed with acute otitis media at an age younger than 2 months.
Ziv O, Adelson D, Sadeh R, Kordeluk S, El-Saied S, Leibovitz E, Kraus M, Kaplan D
Eur J Pediatr 2023 Jun;182(6):2873-2879. Epub 2023 Apr 13 doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-04918-0. PMID: 37052673
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update).
Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Bishop CE, Chelius DC, Hackell J, Hunter LL, Keppel KL, Kim AH, Kim TW, Levine JM, Maksimoski MT, Moore DJ, Preciado DA, Raol NP, Vaughan WK, Walker EA, Monjur TM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022 Feb;166(1_suppl):S1-S55. doi: 10.1177/01945998211065662. PMID: 35138954
Tympanostomy Tube Controversies and Issues: State-of-the-Art Review.
Rosenfeld RM
Ear Nose Throat J 2020 Nov;99(1_suppl):15S-21S. Epub 2020 Apr 13 doi: 10.1177/0145561320919656. PMID: 32283979
Otitis media.
Schilder AG, Chonmaitree T, Cripps AW, Rosenfeld RM, Casselbrant ML, Haggard MP, Venekamp RP
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Sep 8;2(1):16063. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.63. PMID: 27604644Free PMC Article
Predominant Bacteria Detected from the Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing Otitis Media: A Systematic Review.
Ngo CC, Massa HM, Thornton RB, Cripps AW
PLoS One 2016;11(3):e0150949. Epub 2016 Mar 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150949. PMID: 26953891Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

The effect of pneumococcal conjugated vaccines on occurrence of recurrent acute otitis media among infants diagnosed with acute otitis media at an age younger than 2 months.
Ziv O, Adelson D, Sadeh R, Kordeluk S, El-Saied S, Leibovitz E, Kraus M, Kaplan D
Eur J Pediatr 2023 Jun;182(6):2873-2879. Epub 2023 Apr 13 doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-04918-0. PMID: 37052673
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update).
Rosenfeld RM, Tunkel DE, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Bishop CE, Chelius DC, Hackell J, Hunter LL, Keppel KL, Kim AH, Kim TW, Levine JM, Maksimoski MT, Moore DJ, Preciado DA, Raol NP, Vaughan WK, Walker EA, Monjur TM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2022 Feb;166(1_suppl):S1-S55. doi: 10.1177/01945998211065662. PMID: 35138954
Otitis media.
Schilder AG, Chonmaitree T, Cripps AW, Rosenfeld RM, Casselbrant ML, Haggard MP, Venekamp RP
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Sep 8;2(1):16063. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.63. PMID: 27604644Free PMC Article
Predominant Bacteria Detected from the Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing Otitis Media: A Systematic Review.
Ngo CC, Massa HM, Thornton RB, Cripps AW
PLoS One 2016;11(3):e0150949. Epub 2016 Mar 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150949. PMID: 26953891Free PMC Article
Alpha-mannosidosis.
Malm D, Nilssen Ø
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2008 Jul 23;3:21. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-3-21. PMID: 18651971Free PMC Article

Therapy

Middle Ear Condition at the Time of Pediatric Myringotomy Tube Placement: Pain Associations Following Intraoperative Fentanyl/Ketorolac and Seasonal Variation.
Cohen WG, Zhang B, Lee DR, Ampah SB, Sobol SE, Cook-Sather SD
Anesth Analg 2023 May 1;136(5):975-985. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006230. PMID: 36525380Free PMC Article
Otitis media.
Schilder AG, Chonmaitree T, Cripps AW, Rosenfeld RM, Casselbrant ML, Haggard MP, Venekamp RP
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Sep 8;2(1):16063. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.63. PMID: 27604644Free PMC Article
Otitis media and tonsils--role of adenoidectomy in the treatment of chronic otitis media with effusion.
Park K
Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2011;72:160-3. Epub 2011 Aug 18 doi: 10.1159/000324781. PMID: 21865719
The role of biofilms in otolaryngologic infections: update 2007.
Post JC, Hiller NL, Nistico L, Stoodley P, Ehrlich GD
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007 Oct;15(5):347-51. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282b97327. PMID: 17823552
Antibiotics for the prevention of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media in children.
Leach AJ, Morris PS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD004401. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004401.pub2. PMID: 17054203

Prognosis

Middle Ear Condition at the Time of Pediatric Myringotomy Tube Placement: Pain Associations Following Intraoperative Fentanyl/Ketorolac and Seasonal Variation.
Cohen WG, Zhang B, Lee DR, Ampah SB, Sobol SE, Cook-Sather SD
Anesth Analg 2023 May 1;136(5):975-985. Epub 2022 Nov 2 doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006230. PMID: 36525380Free PMC Article
Recurrent Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Adults.
Ter Horst L, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D
Clin Infect Dis 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e2545-e2551. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1623. PMID: 33751028Free PMC Article
Ocular Toxocariasis: Long-Term Follow-Up and Prognosis of Patients following Vitrectomy.
Zhang T, Guo D, Xu G, Jiang R
Ocul Immunol Inflamm 2020 Apr 2;28(3):517-523. Epub 2019 Jul 15 doi: 10.1080/09273948.2019.1597897. PMID: 31305199
Cholesteatoma of the maxillary sinus: a case report and review of the literature.
Sozansky J, Josephson JS
Am J Otolaryngol 2015 Mar-Apr;36(2):290-1. Epub 2014 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2014.10.025. PMID: 25459312
Alpha-mannosidosis.
Malm D, Nilssen Ø
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2008 Jul 23;3:21. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-3-21. PMID: 18651971Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Recurrent Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Adults.
Ter Horst L, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D
Clin Infect Dis 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e2545-e2551. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1623. PMID: 33751028Free PMC Article
The Sophono bone-conduction system: Surgical, audiologic, and quality-of-life outcomes.
Mclean T, Pai I, Philipatos A, Gordon M
Ear Nose Throat J 2017 Jul;96(7):E28-E33. doi: 10.1177/014556131709600706. PMID: 28719716
The role of biofilms in otolaryngologic infections: update 2007.
Post JC, Hiller NL, Nistico L, Stoodley P, Ehrlich GD
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007 Oct;15(5):347-51. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282b97327. PMID: 17823552
Respiratory syncytial virus: the virus, the disease and the immune response.
Ogra PL
Paediatr Respir Rev 2004;5 Suppl A:S119-26. doi: 10.1016/s1526-0542(04)90023-1. PMID: 14980256Free PMC Article
Otitis media.
Klein JO
Clin Infect Dis 1994 Nov;19(5):823-33. doi: 10.1093/clinids/19.5.823. PMID: 7893865

Recent systematic reviews

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children.
Venekamp RP, Mick P, Schilder AG, Nunez DA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 May 9;5(5):CD012017. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012017.pub2. PMID: 29741289Free PMC Article
WITHDRAWN: Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children.
Lau L, Mick P, Nunez DA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Apr 6;4(4):CD004741. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004741.pub3. PMID: 29624209Free PMC Article
Predominant Bacteria Detected from the Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing Otitis Media: A Systematic Review.
Ngo CC, Massa HM, Thornton RB, Cripps AW
PLoS One 2016;11(3):e0150949. Epub 2016 Mar 8 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150949. PMID: 26953891Free PMC Article
Adenoidectomy for recurrent or chronic nasal symptoms in children.
van den Aardweg MT, Schilder AG, Herkert E, Boonacker CW, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 Jan 20;2010(1):CD008282. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008282. PMID: 20091663Free PMC Article
Antibiotics for the prevention of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media in children.
Leach AJ, Morris PS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD004401. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004401.pub2. PMID: 17054203

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