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Table 4 Association between associated complications and isolated organisms identified by Vitek system and PCR

From: The role of non-typable Haemophilus influenza in recurrent otitis media in children

Isolated organisms

Associated complications

Positive

Negative

Total

H. influenza

18

78.3%

5

21.7%

23

100%

Strept pneumonia

5

31.2%

11

68.8%

16

100%

Moraxella catarrhalis

2

25%

6

75%

8

100%

S. aureus

1

20%

4

80%

5

100%

P. aeruginosa

1

25%

3

75%

4

100%

-ve culture

2

50%

2

50%

4%

100%

  1. Haemophilus influenza that caused complications was NTHi. Complications encountered were in the form of mastoiditis, chronic OM, persistent otorrhea, and recurrence