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Int J Surg Case Rep
November 2024
Digestive Surgery Department, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Monastir, Tunisia.
The choice of antibiotics to be prescribed in otitis media may be guided by microbiological culture of the middle ear exudate obtained by tympanocentesis, or by direct examination and culture of purulent material obtained by myringotomy after rupture of the tympanic membrane. Otherwise, routine antibiotic prescription is based on the epidemiological frequencies of bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hoemophilus influenza or Strepcococcus A. In children who have infrequently received beta-lactam antibiotics, amoxicillin 50-75 mg/kg/day for 10 days may be the first choice.
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