Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen

Table 3 Other bacteria previously cultured from A. otitidis qPCR-positive ear discharge specimens

Swab	S. pneumoniae	H. influenzae	M. catarrhalis	β-haemolytic streptococci	Staphylococcus sp.	P. aeruginosa	Proteus sp.	Other
Child A (Left ear)	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+
Child A (Right ear)	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
Child B	-	-	n/a	-	+	n/a	+	+
Child C	-	-	n/a	-	+	-	+	+
Child D	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	+
Child E	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-
Child F	-	-	n/a	-	+	n/a	+	+
Child G	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	+
Child H	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	+
Child I	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+
Child J	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+

These data were derived from the original RCT database. Culture data for M. catarrhalis and P. aeruginosa were not available for some swabs due to overgrowth by Proteus species (n/a = not available).

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