Reference no: EM132556223
Please locate this article through an online search or in a library database collection: Al-Shara M. 2012. A Five-year Review on the Etiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Otitis Media Pathogens in Jordanian Children. Oman Med J, 27(5): 358-363. Read the article thoroughly and then answer the questions that follow here linking the introductory case file, the chapter content, and this article on antibiotic susceptibility in otitis media
1. Explain the risk factors for otitis media. Did the patient in the case file represent a typical population for otitis media?
2. List the two general aims of this study.
3. From the study, what are the two most common bacterial agents that cause otitis media? Conducting some additional research in your textbook, how are these organisms alike and how are they different?
4. Looking at tables 2 and 3 in the article, describe the antimicrobial susceptibilty of both Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus to cefaclor (Ceclor).
5. Based on the data in this study, list three antimicrobials that are more effective than cefaclor and three antimicrobials that are less effective than cefaclor against the pathogens of otitis media.