%0 Journal Article
%T Otitis Media with Effusion and Helicobacter pylori
%A Anita Jeyakumar
%A Rodolfo E. B¨¦gu¨¦
%J OTO Open
%@ 2473-974X
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2473974X18792489
%X Previous studies reported the presence of Helicobacter pylori in middle ear fluid and raised a possible causal role of this bacterium in otitis media with effusion (OME). We investigated 48 children with OME (age, 7 months to 12 years) seen in New Orleans, Louisiana, and found no evidence of H pylori presence in any middle ear fluid specimen by amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. One child had H pylori detected in a stool specimen, in accordance with the low prevalence in our population. While H pylori may be significant in other countries, these findings do not support a role for H pylori in OME in our pediatric population in the United States
%K otitis media with effusion
%K Helicobacter pylori
%K H pylori
%K OME
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2473974X18792489