This study evaluates relationship between delayed antibiotic treatment for antecedent AOM and severity of subsequent acute mastoiditis admission. Methods: A prospective observational study of ...

Despite introduction of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) in 2000, recent experience suggests an increase in complications of acute otitis media, particularly acute mastoiditis.

Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO Ear pain has numerous causes. Most are treatable; some are serious. And the ...