Human Papillomavirus Infection Increases Risk for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Researchers assessed the effect of human papillomavirus infection on the risk for sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
Researchers assessed the effect of human papillomavirus infection on the risk for sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
A short course of oral steroids was not found to significantly improve otitis media with effusion in children.
The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine prevents acute otitis media caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
In this whole-population study, researchers demonstrated a 22% vaccine effect of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on all-cause acute otitis media.
Study analyzed the trends of nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenza, and Moraxella catarrhalis isolated from young children with acute otitis media during a 16-year period.
Vaccination may confer modest reductions in acute otitis media (AOM) and AOM-targeted antibiotic use but use of influenza vaccine as a strategy to reduce AOM is likely unjustified.
A new longitudinal study updates the epidemiology of acute otitis media in the decade after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction.
Older age and peaked tympanogram are associated with reduced risk of treatment failure in young children with acute otitis media.
Since the introduction of pneumococcal vaccines, the epidemiology of acute otitis media has changed considerably.
Researchers find that fewer antibiotics were prescribed to pediatric patients with acute otitis media after using watchful waiting.