Bacteriological agents of chronic suppurative otitis media and its complications at a tertiary care hospital

To study the pattern of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media caused by aerobic flora and its complications in a tertiary care hospital . The ear discharge from one hundred patients with the clinical diagnosis of chronic suppurative otitis media was collected and investigated by direct smears and culture methods for isolation of aerobic bacteria and tested for their antibiotic sensitivity. The complications associated with CSOM were noted. Majority of the cases were of the age 0-20 yrs(71%). Direct smear examination and culture was positive in 93% of cases. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most common isolate (40%). The sensitivity pattern for the isolated aerobes was maximum for Amoxiclav and the least for Clindamycin. Microbial Culture and sensitivity helps in appropriate management of CSOM.