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- Title
Prevalence of Bacteria in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Patients and Their Sensitivity Patterns Against Various Antibiotics in Human Population of Gilgit.
- Authors
Mariam; Ahmed, Khalil; Mir, Ahsanullah; Jan, Mehtab; Imran, Raja; Shah, Gulab; Farmanullah; Latif, Abdul
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the microbial profile and their antibiograms for Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) patients in Gilgit and the early effective antibiotic treatment based on the knowledge of causative agents. Discharge specimens from the ears of 57 CSOM patients were bacteriologically investigated by standard methods and the bacterial strains were identified using biochemical tests. The age of patients in this study ranged from under 1 year to 60 years with 18 patients under 10 years (39.2%) followed by 16 patients of 11-20 years (34.9%) and in the older age group of over 50 years, there was no infestation. Gender ratio amongst the 57 patients was 32 (56.1%) males and 25 (43.9%) females and infestation was also high in 25 males (43.9%) as compared to 21 females (45.6%). There were 46 (80%) patients with mono-microbial infestations the most common infestation was Staphylococcus aureus with 30 (65.2%) patients, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 7 (15.2%), Proteus mirabilis 6 (13.0%) and Escherichia coli 3 (6.2%). Ceftriaxone was the drug of choice for treatment of CSOM, with an overall sensitivity amongst 41 (89.2%) patients and was followed by 38 patients sensitive to Ofloxacin (82.6%). Ampicillin and Cephalexin were the least effective drugs with sensitivities of 10 (2.17%) and 12 (26.1%) patients, respectively.
- Subjects
OTITIS media; ANTIBIOTICS; EFFECT of antibiotics on microorganisms; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa; PROTEUS (Bacteria); ESCHERICHIA coli
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 6, p1647
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Article