Streptococcus pneumoniae causes otitis media with higher fever and more redness of tympanic membranes than Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999 Oct;18(10):942-4. doi: 10.1097/00006454-199910000-00023.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology*
  • Haemophilus Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / physiopathology
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / microbiology*
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / pathology
  • Otitis Media with Effusion / physiopathology*
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pneumococcal Infections / physiopathology*
  • Tympanic Membrane / pathology