Predominant Bacteria Detected From The Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing Otitis Media: A Systematic Review

RESEARCH ARTICLE
Predominant Bacteria Detected from the

Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing
Otitis Media: A Systematic Review
Chinh C. Ngo1,2, Helen M. Massa1,2*, Ruth B. Thornton3,4, Allan W. Cripps1,2
1 School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2 Molecular Basis of
Disease, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia,
3 School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia,
Australia, 4 Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
* h.massa@griffith.edu.au
Abstract
OPEN ACCESS Background

Citation: Ngo CC, Massa HM, Thornton RB, Cripps Otitis media (OM) is amongst the most common childhood diseases and is associated with
AW (2016) Predominant Bacteria Detected from the multiple microbial pathogens within the middle ear. Global and temporal monitoring of pre-
Middle Ear Fluid of Children Experiencing Otitis
dominant bacterial pathogens is important to inform new treatment strategies, vaccine
Media: A Systematic Review. PLoS ONE 11(3):
e0150949. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150949 development and to monitor the impact of vaccine implementation to improve progress
toward global OM prevention.
Editor: Sean Reid, Ross University School of
Medicine, DOMINICA
Received: August 9, 2015 Methods

Accepted: February 22, 2016 A systematic review of published reports of microbiology of acute otitis media (AOM) and
Published: March 8, 2016 otitis media with effusion (OME) from January, 1970 to August 2014, was performed using
PubMed databases.
Copyright: © 2016 Ngo et al. This is an open access
article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License, which permits
Results
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any
medium, provided the original author and source are This review confirmed that Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae,
credited. remain the predominant bacterial pathogens, with S. pneumoniae the predominant bacte-
Data Availability Statement: All relevant data are rium in the majority reports from AOM patients. In contrast, H. influenzae was the predomi-
within the paper, its references and its Supporting nant bacterium for patients experiencing chronic OME, recurrent AOM and AOM with
Information files.
treatment failure. This result was consistent, even where improved detection sensitivity
Funding: The authors received no specific funding from the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) rather than bacterial culture was con-
for this work. CNN acknowledges the Vietnam
ducted. On average, PCR analyses increased the frequency of detection of S. pneumoniae
International Education Development, The Ministry of
Education and Training (VIED-MOET) for a doctoral and H. influenzae 3.2 fold compared to culture, whilst Moraxella catarrhalis was 4.5 times
scholarship. RBT acknowledges the BrightSpark more frequently identified by PCR. Molecular methods can also improve monitoring of
Foundation, Perth, Western Australia for a post- regional changes in the serotypes and identification frequency of S. pneumoniae and H.
doctoral fellowship. The funders had no role in the
study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
influenzae over time or after vaccine implementation, such as after introduction of the 7-
publish, or preparation of the manuscript. valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
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Bacteria in the Middle Ear of Children with Otitis Media
Competing Interests: AWC received a research Conclusions

grant from Danisco A/S on the use of probiotics for
respiratory illness and a research grant and Globally, S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae remain the predominant otopathogens associ-
consultancy from Probiotec Pty Ltd on the use if ated with OM as identified through bacterial culture; however, molecular methods continue
nutritional supplements for immune health. The to improve the frequency and accuracy of detection of individual serotypes. Ongoing moni-
others authors declare that they have no competing
interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence
toring with appropriate detection methods for OM pathogens can support development of
to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. improved vaccines to provide protection from the complex combination of otopathogens
within the middle ear, ultimately aiming to reduce the risk of chronic and recurrent OM in vul-
nerable populations.
Introduction
Otitis media, may be simply defined as inflammation of the middle ear, and is the most
common reason a child under the age of 5 will visit their general practitioner and be
prescribed antibiotics in socioeconomically developed countries [1]. OM has a range of
clinical presenta-tions including AOM, which is characterised by the rapid onset of local
and systemic symptoms, including otalgia, fever, vomiting and accumulation of fluid in
the middle ear cavity andOME, where the child experiences MEF accumulation without
the systemic symptoms. Both of these presentations may occur recurrently or chronically [
2]. Globally, more than 700 million cases of AOM are diagnosed each year, with 50% of
affected children being under five years of age [ 3]. Recurrent AOM (RAOM) occurs
where a patient has 3 diagnosed AOM episodes within six months or more than 4 episodes
in 12 months [4] and is commonly observed in up to 65% of children by 5 years of age[ 4]
OME typically resolves spontaneously within 3 months [5] however, 30–40% of children
experience persistent or chronic fluid in the middle ear for more than 3 months (chronic
OME, COME) and may require surgical intervention to aid reso-lution [ 5].
Irrespective of clinical presentation, OM is a multi-factorial disease, with many
associated risk factors, including environmental, immunological deficiency, gender,
age and microbialexposure [ 4, 6]. Despite this complexity, bacterial and viral
pathogens, individually andtogether, are strongly associated with OM development, for
example, only 4% children diagnosed with AOM had no bacterial or viral pathogen
detected using culture and PCR [7].
The three bacteria most frequently identified in association with OM are: S.
pneumoniae, H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis [6], whilst the viruses most commonly
associated with OM are respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, rhinovirus and
coronavirus [ 6].
Monitoring both the identification and frequency of detection of common
otopathogens in OM is central to evaluation of the effects of treatment and impact of
vaccination programs. Forexample, pneumococcal carriage was reduced in association
with the introduction of the hepta- valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in the
US and has also increased prevention ofearly AOM infections [8].
Implementation of PCV7 into national immunisation programs (NIPs) has also
resulted in shifts to non-vaccine pneumococcal serotypes isolated from invasive
pneumococcal disease and OM [ 9– 12]. Importantly, PCV7 implementation has resulted
in non-typeable (non-encap- sulated) H. influenzae (NTHi) detection frequency surpassing
S. pneumoniae detection in AOM patients within a number of countries including the US [
12], Spain [ 13] and France [14].
The emergence of non-vaccine serotypes and their potential role as pathogens in OM is an
area of ongoing research interest.
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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Predominant Bacteria Detected from the

OPEN ACCESS Background

Received: August 9, 2015 Methods

PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0150949 March 8, 2016 1 / 26

Competing Interests: AWC received a research Conclusions

PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0150949 March 8, 2016 2 / 26

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