title: [Study of the nasopharyngeal microflora obtained by a cotton swab].
abstract: Whether or not a representative sample of the nasopharyngeal microflora can be obtained by introducing a cotton swab through the nasal cavity has been evaluated. Also, a correlation between these results and those achieved from the middle ear effusions, has been searched. Ninety adenoidectomy-pending children, fifty of whom also presented otitis media with effusion, were included in the study. The research showed that there were a coincidence (p < 0.001) among the results obtained from the nasal cotton swab, those obtained from cultures of adenoid biopsies and the middle ear effusions.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL Hospital San Millán, Logroño.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lacosta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manrique
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Infante
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*