Search for dissertations about: "acute otitis media"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the words acute otitis media.

  2. 11. The relation of allergy to otitis media with effusion : Clinical and histochemical studies

    Author : David S. Hurst; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; Allergy; eosinophil cationic protein; otitis media with effusion; skin testing; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Clinical Chemistry; klinisk kemi;

    Abstract : Otitis media with effusion (OME) is the major form of chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the middle ear, constitutes the most common diagnosis for chldren under 15 years old and is the major cause of auditory dysfunction in pre-school children. The aim of these studies was to determine the role of allergy in the pathogenesis of middle ear effusion that persists longer than 2 months. READ MORE

  4. 12. The adaptive immune response against Streptococcus pneumoniae and epidemiology in Sweden and Angola

    Author : Fabian Uddén; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; acute otitis media; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae;

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  5. 13. Clinical and pathogenic aspects of otitis media

    Author : Anna Granath; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : One study on clinical treatment strategies in otitis media and two studies elucidating immunological events in otitis media in vitro, were conducted and joined in this thesis. First, topical treatment with or without systemic antibiotics against tube associated otorrhea in children with recurrent acute otitis media was evaluated. READ MORE

  6. 14. Stiffness changes of the tympanic membrane in otitis media

    Author : Christina Larsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Tympanic membrane; pars flaccida; stiffness; otitis media with effusion; purulent otitis media; cholesteatoma; moire interferometry; tympanometry; gerbil.;

    Abstract : Acute purulent otitis media and otitis media with effusion, are common diseases in childhood. Years later some of the children will get "complications", such as retraction pockets and cholesteatoma, that often need advanced surgical treatment. READ MORE

  7. 15. Acute Mastoiditis in Children – A National Study in Sweden

    Author : Frida Enoksson; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; surgical treatment; guidelines; paediatric; acute mastoiditis;

    Abstract : One of the greatest threats to society today is the development of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. It is commonly accepted that this is mainly due to the use of antibiotics. Acute otitis media (AOM) is responsible for the highest number of antibiotic prescriptions to children although it is in most cases a self-limiting disease. READ MORE