Etiology of acute otitis media in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children

Aetiological agents in chronic suppurative otitis media in Sri Lanka

“…In another study 19 of immunosuppressed patients, the prevalence of the common pathogens was similar among HIV-infected and non-infected children (56.5% vs. 54.9% of the ears). However, Staphylococcus aureus was significantly more frequent in severely immunosuppressed patients.…”

Middle Ear Function in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected South African Children

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) reports the prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) ranging from <1% to 7.8% [1]. Human immunodeficiency virus-infected (HIVinfected) children who are immunocompromised are at higher risk for this opportunistic infection [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Further, greater immunosuppression in HIV-infected children is associated with both a higher rate of otitis media and greater severity of otitis media [6] and more symptomatic HIV-infected children are at higher risk for recurrent episodes of otitis media [2,5].…”

Serotypes and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Nasopharyngeal Pneumococci Isolated from HIV-Infected Children in Selected Pediatric Clinics in Nairobi, Kenya

“…Resistance of the S. pneumoniae isolates to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in this study was 91.1% ( Figure 3). This was much higher than the resistance to trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole S. pneumoniae isolates from a study in Milan, Italy which was 23.9% [12]. Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole is a common antibiotic used in HIV patients, to prevent infection with Pneumocystis carinii.…”