Age-Dependent Dissimilarity of the Nasopharyngeal and Middle Ear Microbiota in Children With Acute Otitis Media

Acute bacterial otitis media is usually caused by otopathogens ascending to the middle ear from the nasopharynx (NP). However, it is unknown if the nasopharyngeal microbiota of children with acute otitis media (AOM) can serve as an age-dependent or independent proxy for the microbial communities of...

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Main Authors: Silvio D. Brugger, Julia G. Kraemer, Weihong Qi, Lindsey Bomar, Anne Oppliger, Markus Hilty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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age
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00555/full