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Emerging Infectious Diseases
|September 21, 2017
Abstract:
We found that 20 (10.6%) of 188 patients with chronic suppurative otitis media in Angola were co-colonized with fluoroquinolone-resistant Alcaligenes faecalis, commonly found in birds. A likely explanation for our findings was the use of bird feces by residents as a traditional remedy to prevent ear secretions caused by primary ear infection.
Keywords:
Alcaligenes faecalisAngolaCSOMLuandaMRSA and other staphylococciProteus mirabilisPseudomonas aeruginosabacteriabird feceschildchronic suppurative otitis mediadischargeearenterococcieyeinfectionperitonitisurinary tract
