Medicinski vjesnik, Vol. 22 No. (4), 1990.
Stručni rad
Significance of nasopharingeal flora at meai with children
Davorin Đanić
Mirna Petanović
Milan Marinković
Sažetak
During one calendar year 393 children aged up to 36 months were tested in Medical Centre in Slavonski Brod to determine the frequency of middle ear acute inflamation (MEAI), inflamation relapse and the significance of nasopharingeal flora at MEAI. The smears of nasopharynx were taken from tested children and at the same time the secrete smear of middle ear were taken from the children with spontaneous tympanum perforation to determine the cause and its correlation. Out of 393 children 175 (44.52 %) had MEAI and 40 (22.85 %) had inflamation relapse. There was no significant connection between children’s age and sex regarding MEAI while the relapse frequency was significantly higher in the first year of life. The infections that originate in the upper respiratory system, as well as seasonal factors, significantly affected the frequency of MEAI which could not be noticed with the infection of lower respiratory system. Regarding all bacterias isolated from nasopharinx of children with acute respiratory infection and MEAI, the statistically significant difference was only determined with the infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (X2 = 9.60; PcO.Ol) and by Haemophilus influenzae (X2 = 5.65; 0.05 >P>0.01), which differs regarding the respiratory infections without MEAI. In conclusion, the report of these bacterias in nasopharynx is of significance in developing MEAI.
Ključne riječi
children; microbiology; nasopharynx; otitis media
Hrčak ID:
196286
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.1990.
Posjeta: 1.107 *