Diagnosis, Microbial Epidemiology, and Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children

Conclusions Otoscopic findings are critical to accurate AOM diagnosis. AOM microbiology has changed with use of PCV7. Antibiotics are modestly more effective than no treatment but cause adverse effects in 4% to 10% of children. Most antibiotics have comparable clinical success.

from JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association

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