[Personal experience with the occurrence of pediatric otitis of allergic etiology in the North Backa Region].

The authors report their own longtime experience with the incidence of pediatric otitis with allergic etiology. They conclude that pediatric otitis, especially the secretory type, is not always curable by the common conservative antibiotic therapy because in many cases the primary cause of the disease is not the infection but allergy. The infection in such cases is a secondary, accompanying complication. The suggestion has been supported by the statistical data. Moreover reviewed are the diagnostic methods and therapy they have applied.