title: Incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection and their clarithromycin-resistant strains in otitis media with effusion regarding phenotypic and genotypic studies.
abstract: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are pathogenic bacteria that infect a half of the human population, colonize gastric mucosa and can be found in gastric juice. Reflux of gastric juice has been suggested to be associated with glue ear in children. It has been suggested that tonsil and adenoid tissues are potential reservoirs of H. pylori infection. These observations raise the question as to whether H. pylori infection might have a role in otitis media with effusion (OME) in children. The objectives of this research were to evaluate the incidence and possible role of H. pylori in the pathogenesis of OME in children and to evaluate the clarithromycin-resistant strains. Molecular assessment was done to evaluate the culture results vs. molecular study. A total of 60 children, who were prone to ventilation tube insertion, adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy were included in the study. The control group consisted of 40 children who underwent adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy without the history of OME. Samples of the middle ear fluid and mucosa, adenoid tissue, tonsillar tissue and gastric lavage were cultured and underwent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis then were assembled by using QIAxcel System as capillary electrophoresis for H. pylori detection. There was significant difference between the results of cultures and PCR (P < 0.05). Middle ear fluid culture was positive for H. pylori in 40% of the patients vs. 56.7% PCR results while middle ear mucosa culture was positive in 20% vs. 26.7% PCR results. Gastric lavage culture was positive in 46.6% of the patients and PCR was positive in 63.3% of the patients. Adenoid culture and PCR were positive in 56.3% for each, while tonsil culture was positive in 70% and PCR was positive in 90%. H. pylori presence in the gastric lavage, the tonsillar and adenoid tissues by culture and PCR was significantly more frequent in the study group compared to the control group. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of clarithromycin-resistant isolates ranged from 1.5 to 8 μg/ml. This study showed the presence of H. pylori in around 50% of the patients with OME. PCR revealed its sensitivity than culture techniques. The incidence of clarithromycin resistance was found to be high among the isolates (39.6%).
authors: Department of Pharmaceutics-Microbiology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Nahla A
authors: NA
authors: Melake
authors: Ghada H
authors: GH
authors: Shaker
authors: Magdy A
authors: MA
authors: Salama
keywords: Capillary electrophoresis; Clarithromycin resistance; Helicobacter pylori; Otitis media with effusion; Polymerase chain reaction
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