Table 2.

Differences in the distribution of microorganisms and bacterial detection rates in children (age<16 years) and adults (age≥16 years) with AOM, OME, COM, and CSOM and ear discharge

OM, otitis media; AOM, acute OM; CSOM, cholesteatomatous OM; COM, chronic OM; OME, OM with effusion; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; SP, Streptococcus pneumpniae; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CNS, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus aureus; PA, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; MC, Moraxiella catarrhalis

^*Statistically significant. ^†Distribution of microorganisms. ^‡Bacterial detection rate.