Mellemørebetændelse

Mellemørebetændelse (Latin: otitis media) er betændelse i mellemøret.

Ved såkaldt akut mellemørebetændelse (Akut otitis media, AOM) kan betændelsen opstå ved infektion med vira eller bakterier fra for eksempel forkølelse eller influenza.

Behandling af akut mellemørebetændelse kan forsøges med antibiotika, men der er dog ikke nødvendigvis nogen større effekt.

Eksterne henvisninger

• Mellemørebetændelse, akut, Lægehåndbogen.
• July 12, 2006, Sciencedaily: Chronic Middle Ear Infections Linked To Resistant Biofilm Bacteria Citat: "...It appears that in many cases recurrent disease stems not from re-infection as was previously thought and which forms the basis for conventional treatment, but from a persistent biofilm," Ehrlich said. "Given that bacteria living in biofilms are metabolically resistant to antibiotics, this study makes a definitive, scientifically-based statement against the use of these drugs to treat children with chronic ear infections. It simply does not help the child and increases the risk of breeding more resistant strains of bacteria," he said..."