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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2357</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">10.7324/IJCRR.2017.9215</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Study on Aerobic Bacteria Causing Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media among the Pediatric Age Group&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Y. Ajay</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chandra</surname><given-names>T. Jaya</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>37</fpage><lpage>39</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objectives: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was reported to be the major cause of childhood morbidity. Recurrent ear discharge is the commonest clinical presentation. With these, a study was conducted to find the aerobic bacterial as well as fungal profile among the school going children&#13;
Methods: Study was conducted in the department of Microbiology and ENT, GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry from February 2017 to July 2017. Children with ear discharge were selected for the study. An informed written consent was obtained from the parents of all the participants. Study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics committee. Aural swabs were collected and send to the Microbiology laboratory for aerobic culture and sensitivity test.&#13;
Results: Microorganisms were isolated from 98% (219) samples. Gram negative bacilli (46.6%; 129) were isolated maximum, followed by Gram positive cocci (41%; 114) and fungi (12.3%; 34). Pseudomonas aeruginosa (62; 22.4%) was the leading cause of CSOM.&#13;
Conclusion: Decreased sensitivity was detected to Gentamycin and Cotrimoxazole, commonly used antibiotics in the form of ear drops. Hence antibiotic susceptibility testing is always advisable.&#13;
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