The cost effective medical treatment of suppurative otitis media in a Nigerian environment.

The microbes isolated from the cultures taken from the discharging ears of 63 patients with Otitis media treated in a hospital in Warri in 1991 were analysed. Pseudomonas, streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Proteus were the major organisms isolated in order of their prevalence. All show highest sensitivity to Gentamycin. The author found 24 aural preparations in the MIMS of 1992 and checked the availability and cost of these in the Nigeria environment and came out with the possible cost effective suggestions for the treatment of acute otitis media in this environment based on these micro-organisms.