Table 1.

Bacterial culture and cytological findings

Microorganism cultured	Aural exudate	Myringotomy	Cytological findings
Not cultured	1	0	Rods and cocci
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1	0	Malassezia species
Pasteurella multocida	0	1	No bacteria
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis	0	1	Malassezia species
Escherichia coli and mixed anaerobes	0	1	Rods
Mycoplasma species	1	0	No bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus	1	0	Not performed
Culture negative	0	1	No bacteria
Mycoplasma species (cultured from nose)	0	0	Not performed