Short communication
English
Q. N. Karim 1, D. N. Hasan 2, E. M. Abdulla 1
1-Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.LA.J. 2-Chief Microbiologist, El-Fatah Children’s Hospital, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J.
Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 4, No.1. January 1981:85-88
Abstract
A study of bacterial ear infection among 177 children aged 2—11 years during a 12-month period ending December, 1979 was conducted in two teaching hospitals of the Faculty of Medicine in Benghazi. A total of 195 isolates representing 10 microbial species were identified and their antibiograms determined. That Staph. aureus (65.75% and 48.48%) and Pseudomonas sp. (23.28% and 21.2%) were most often encountered in cases of otitis media was established. Most bacterial isolates showed multiple resistance patterns to antimicrobial agents, but each strain was sensitive to at least one of the drugs routinely tested; gentamicin was comparatively the most effective antibiotic for handling the major gram negative isolates, as estimated in in vitro studies.
Keywords: Ear Infection Among Children in Benghazi. An Analysis of 177 Cases
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