Bacteriological Studies of Aural Cholesteatoma in Children

Abstract

Bacteria isolated from 29 ears of aural cholesteatoma in children were compared with 111 ears of cholesteatoma in adults in order to investigate the bacteriological features of cholesteatoma in children.
Staphylococcus aureus were isolated with higher incidence and Genus Proteus bacilli with lower incidence from cholesteatomas in children than those in adults.
Cholesteatoma in children was considered to have lower graded pathology compared to those in adults.