From: Aerobic bacteria associated with chronic suppurative otitis media in Angola
Isolates from ear discharge (N = 534) | Isolates from nasopharynx (N = 289) | ||
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Pathogen | N (%) | Pathogen | N (%) |
Proteus spp. | 79 (14.7) | CoNS | 90 (30.7) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 71 (13.2) | Pseudomonas spp. | 47 (16.0) |
Enterococcus spp. | 47 (8.8) | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 32 (10.9) |
Providencia spp. | 42 (7.8) | Staphylococcus aureus | 24 (8.2) |
CoNS | 39 (7.3) | Proteus spp. | 12 (4.1) |
Corynebacterium spp. | 31 (5.8) | Moraxella catarrhalis | 10 (3.4) |
Morganella morganii | 24 (4.5) | Enterococcus spp. | 10 (3.4) |
Alcaligenes faecalis | 19 (3.5) | Arthrobacter spp. | 8 (2.7) |
Citrobacter spp. | 18 (3.4) | Acinetobacter spp. | 6 (2.0) |
Klebsiella spp. | 16 (3.0) | Alcaligenes faecalis | 6 (2.0) |
Arthrobacter spp. | 15 (2.8) | Haemophilus influenzae | 5 (1.7) |
Staphylococcus aureus | 14 (2.6) | Corynebacterium spp. | 4 (1.4) |
Other Streptococcus spp. | 12 (2.2) | Fungi | 4 (1.4) |
Fungi | 12 (2.2) | Pantoea agglomerans | 4 (1.4) |
Kerstersia gyiorum | 12 (2.2) | Streptococcus pyogenes | 3 (1.0) |
Escherichia coli | 11 (2.0) | Enterobacter spp. | 3 (1.0) |
Enterobacter spp. | 11 (2.0) | Other2 | 21 (7.2) |
Pseudomonas spp. | 10 (1.9) | No growth | 4 (1.4) |
Achromobacter spp. | 7 (1.3) | ||
Streptococcus pyogenes | 6 (1.1) | ||
Other1 | 38 (7.1) | ||
No growth | 3 (0.6) |