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. 2017 Oct;23(10):1740-1742.
doi: 10.3201/eid2310.170268.

Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Alcaligenes faecalis Related to Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, Angola

Matuba Filipe, Åke Reimer, Erika Matuschek, Maria Paul, Tuula Pelkonen, Kristian Riesbeck

Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Alcaligenes faecalis Related to Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media, Angola

Matuba Filipe et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Oct.

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 faecalis; Angola; CSOM; Luanda; MRSA and other staphylococci; Proteus mirabilis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; bacteria; bird feces; child; chronic suppurative otitis media; discharge; ear; enterococci; eye; infection; peritonitis; urinary tract.

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