Tympanocentesis was performed in children who developed clinical recurrence at any time during the follow-up (before or after completion of therapy).

At baseline, samples of middle ear fluid were obtained by tympanocentesis for culture and susceptibility testing. Patients then received 30 mg/kg azithromycin as a single oral dose.

The presenting author feels that there is a distinct advantage in obtaining a definitive diagnosis by using the technique of exploratory tympanocentesis in suspected AOME under one month of age.

Researchers have discovered a strain of bacteria resistant to all approved drugs used to fight ear infections in children, according to a new article. A pair of pediatricians discovered the strain ...

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Most do not know, nor are the later generations of doctors required to learn, tympanocentesis, the technique that makes that determination possible, according to the authors.

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The two pediatricians uncovered the strain when performing tympanocentesis, or anear tap, on children after several antibiotics failed to clear up their ear infections.