Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric

Pranita Tamma, M.D.

PATHOGENS

In the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination, the most common bacteria implicated in AOM:
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (~25%)
- Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae (~55%)
- Moraxella catarrhalis(~15%)
Pathogens occasionally involved in AOM include:
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Oral anaerobic bacteria

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