Genetic similarity between adenoid tissue and middle ear fluid isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis from Iranian children with otitis media with effusion.

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BACKGROUND: Otitis media with effusion (OME) is a common disease among children, in the pathogenesis of which bacterial infections play a critical role. It was suggested that adenoid tissue could serve as a reservoir for bacterial infection, the eustachian tubes being the migration routes of bacteria into the middle ear cavity. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic similarity between isolates of...

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