The burden and outcome of respiratory tract infection in Australian and aboriginal children.
The burden of otitis media in developing and disadvantaged populations is substantial. This article looks at that burden in developed affluent and indigenous populations (in Australia). A model is presented to explain the high prevalence of chronic suppurative otitis media in indigenous populations, and an assessment of efforts to improve these outcomes if not prevent these infections is provided. Lastly, various international guidelines for managing acute otitis media are compared.
Ear and Respiratory Unit, Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Amanda.leach@menzies.edu.au
Amanda J
AJ
Leach
Peter S
PS
Morris
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018073:Haemophilus Vaccines; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines