Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric
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
There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: July 16, 2023
Citation
Tamma, Pranita. "Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540632/all/Acute_Otitis_Media__Pediatric.
Tamma P. Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540632/all/Acute_Otitis_Media__Pediatric. Accessed December 21, 2024.
Tamma, P. (2023). Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540632/all/Acute_Otitis_Media__Pediatric
Tamma P. Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2024 December 21]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540632/all/Acute_Otitis_Media__Pediatric.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Acute Otitis Media, Pediatric
ID - 540632
A1 - Tamma,Pranita,M.D.
Y1 - 2023/07/16/
BT - Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
UR - https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540632/all/Acute_Otitis_Media__Pediatric
PB - The Johns Hopkins University
DB - Pediatrics Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
