Durmaz R, Ozerol I H, Kalcioglu M T, Oncel S, Otlu B, Direkel S, Hendolin P H
Inonu University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Malatya-Turky.
New Microbiol. 2002 Apr;25(2):265-8.
Alloiococcus otitidis has been recovered from the middle ear of children with otitis media with effusion, but its natural habitat is not known. To determine whether the nasopharynx and the outer ear canals are the natural habitats of A. otitidis, 145 swabs (50, nasopharynx; 95 outer ear canal) collected from 50 children were screened by polymerase chain reaction. A. otitidis DNA was detected in seven (4.8%) of the 145 specimens, of which four were nasopharynx, and three outer ear canal. These results indicate that the nasopharynx and outer ear canal may be the body sites for localization of A. otitidis.
耳炎球菌已从患有渗出性中耳炎的儿童中耳中分离出来,但其自然栖息地尚不清楚。为了确定鼻咽部和外耳道是否为耳炎球菌的自然栖息地,对从50名儿童采集的145份拭子(50份来自鼻咽部;95份来自外耳道)进行了聚合酶链反应筛查。在145份标本中有7份(4.8%)检测到耳炎球菌DNA,其中4份来自鼻咽部,3份来自外耳道。这些结果表明,鼻咽部和外耳道可能是耳炎球菌的定植部位。