title: Bacteriology of spontaneously draining acute otitis media in children before and after the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination.
abstract: Bacterial growth from spontaneously draining middle ear fluid was compared for periods before (1993-1998) and after (2001-2006) introduction of routine pneumococcal vaccination Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA, was more common (P < .05) in the latter period.
authors: Department of Pediatrics Georgetown, University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. ib6@georgetown.edu
authors: Itzhak
authors: I
authors: Brook
authors: Alan E
authors: AE
authors: Gober
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D000069443:Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000069443:Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines