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Otitis Media and Externa

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Acute otitis media (AOM), an infection most often caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, or Moraxella catarrhalis, will affect one in four children by age 10 [1]. Differentiating the infectious AOM from the noninfectious otitis media with effusion (OME) is a critical skill for accurate diagnosis as both conditions demonstrate fluid trapped in the middle ear on physical exam.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Paul M. Paulman

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Audrey A. Paulman

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Laeth S. Nasir

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Dickson, G., Wipperman, J. (2017). Otitis Media and Externa. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04414-9_79

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