Prevalence of Bacteria in PatientsWith Otitis Media at Thi-Qar Province.

The present study was carried out in October 2021 to March 2022 to determine the prevalence of pathogenic bacteria in the middle ear effusions of patients with OM by way of direct culture, as well as to determine the resistance of these bacteria to antibiotics, represent patients referred to the Al-Haboby Teaching Hospital at Thi-Qar province. their bacterial culture were performed according to standard techniques. This study was conducted on 30 ear swab. The prevalence of otitis media infection in this study was 90% as indicated by positive ear swab culture, the infections were distributed as the following: females 93.8% were higher than males 85.7%. with no significant differences (P≤0.01). The present study revealed four type of positive and negative gram stain bacteria were infect otitis media patient,the highest percentage of infection was with Pseudomonas aeruginosa (48.14%) followed by Proteus (25.92%), Staphylococcus aureus(18.51%) and the lowest percentage of infection was with E . coli (7.40%) . Children are more likely to suffer from otitis media than adults are. Adult infections were caused by tobacco smoke exposure, seasonal variations in respiratory infections, and allergies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]