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Is otitis media with effusion a biofilm infection?

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Jeffrey Pearson

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Abstract

Recent attention has focused on the possibility that otitis media with effusion (OME) may represent a chronic infective state such as those evidenced in conditions secondary to biofilms or small colony variants. This review discusses the evidence suggesting that this may indeed be the case and explains why this may prove to be important in the future management of this condition by discussing recent advances in understanding these bacterial phenotypic variants.

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Author(s): Fergie N, Bayston R, Pearson JP, Birchall JP

Publication type: Review

Publication status: Published

Journal: Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Year: 2004

Volume: 29

Issue: 1

Pages: 38-46

ISSN (print): 0307-7772

ISSN (electronic): 1749-4486

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00767.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2004.00767.x

PubMed id: 14961850

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