[Suppurative otitis media, bacteriologic study and therapeutic management].

The patients of the ENT clinic at the Gabriel Ture hospital (Bomako, Mali) suffering from otitis media purulenta (96 patients under 70) were examined for pathogenetic agents in their purulent exudate. The infection was found in 96.9% of the samples. Monoflora dominated in 74%, mixed flora in 26% of the examinees. The patients received antibiotics. The antibioticograms proved high effectiveness of gentamycin, colistin, sisomicin and cefatoxin in the treatment of acute and chronic otitis media purulenta.