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Table 2 Bacterial and viral nucleic acid detected by qPCR from middle ear fluid (MEF) samples from children undergoing tympanostomy tube insertion for otitis media with effusion

From: Direct molecular detection of a broad range of bacterial and viral organisms and Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine serotypes in children with otitis media with effusion

Organism name

Number of PCR-positive MEF (n = 48)

Number detected alone

Number detected with other bacteria and/or viruses

S. pneumoniae

15

5

10

A. otitidis

15

6

9

M. catarrhalis

14

9

5

H. influenzae

5

4

1

M. pneumoniae

4

2

2

Rhinoviruses

4

0

4

Coronavirus OC43 virus

2

0

2

Influenza B virus

1

1

0