U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Acute otitis media

MedGen UID:
124402
Concept ID:
C0271429
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Acute middle ear infection; AOM - Acute otitis media
SNOMED CT: AOM - Acute otitis media (3110003); Acute otitis media (3110003)
 
HPO: HP:0000371

Definition

Acute otitis media is a short and generally painful infection of the middle ear. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Schilder AG, Marom T, Bhutta MF, Casselbrant ML, Coates H, Gisselsson-Solén M, Hall AJ, Marchisio P, Ruohola A, Venekamp RP, Mandel EM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Apr;156(4_suppl):S88-S105. doi: 10.1177/0194599816633697. PMID: 28372534
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083
Lieberthal AS, Carroll AE, Chonmaitree T, Ganiats TG, Hoberman A, Jackson MA, Joffe MD, Miller DT, Rosenfeld RM, Sevilla XD, Schwartz RH, Thomas PA, Tunkel DE
Pediatrics 2013 Mar;131(3):e964-99. Epub 2013 Feb 25 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3488. PMID: 23439909

Curated

UK NICE Guideline NG91, Otitis media (acute): antimicrobial prescribing, 2022

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

López Martín D, Piñeiro Pérez R, Martínez Campos L, Ares Álvarez J, de la Calle Cabrera T, Jiménez Huerta I, Khodayar-Pardo P, Lupiani Castellanos P, Baquero-Artigao F; Grupo colaborador del consenso de otitis media aguda y sinusitis en pediatría
An Pediatr (Engl Ed) 2023 May;98(5):362-372. Epub 2023 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.anpede.2023.03.006. PMID: 37127475
Hoberman A, Preciado D, Paradise JL, Chi DH, Haralam M, Block SL, Kearney DH, Bhatnagar S, Muñiz Pujalt GB, Shope TR, Martin JM, Felten DE, Kurs-Lasky M, Liu H, Yahner K, Jeong JH, Cohen NL, Czervionke B, Nagg JP, Dohar JE, Shaikh N
N Engl J Med 2021 May 13;384(19):1789-1799. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027278. PMID: 33979487Free PMC Article
Homme JH
Pediatr Ann 2019 Sep 1;48(9):e343-e348. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20190813-01. PMID: 31505007
Schilder AG, Marom T, Bhutta MF, Casselbrant ML, Coates H, Gisselsson-Solén M, Hall AJ, Marchisio P, Ruohola A, Venekamp RP, Mandel EM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Apr;156(4_suppl):S88-S105. doi: 10.1177/0194599816633697. PMID: 28372534
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083

Diagnosis

Paul CR, Moreno MA
JAMA Pediatr 2020 Mar 1;174(3):308. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5664. PMID: 31985755
Leung AKC, Wong AHC
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2017;11(1):32-40. doi: 10.2174/1874609810666170712145332. PMID: 28707578
Schilder AG, Marom T, Bhutta MF, Casselbrant ML, Coates H, Gisselsson-Solén M, Hall AJ, Marchisio P, Ruohola A, Venekamp RP, Mandel EM
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017 Apr;156(4_suppl):S88-S105. doi: 10.1177/0194599816633697. PMID: 28372534
Venekamp RP, Damoiseaux RA, Schilder AG
Am Fam Physician 2017 Jan 15;95(2):109-110. PMID: 28084706
Harmes KM, Blackwood RA, Burrows HL, Cooke JM, Harrison RV, Passamani PP
Am Fam Physician 2013 Oct 1;88(7):435-40. PMID: 24134083

Therapy

Hoberman A, Preciado D, Paradise JL, Chi DH, Haralam M, Block SL, Kearney DH, Bhatnagar S, Muñiz Pujalt GB, Shope TR, Martin JM, Felten DE, Kurs-Lasky M, Liu H, Yahner K, Jeong JH, Cohen NL, Czervionke B, Nagg JP, Dohar JE, Shaikh N
N Engl J Med 2021 May 13;384(19):1789-1799. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027278. PMID: 33979487Free PMC Article
Kronman MP, Gerber JS, Grundmeier RW, Zhou C, Robinson JD, Heritage J, Stout J, Burges D, Hedrick B, Warren L, Shalowitz M, Shone LP, Steffes J, Wright M, Fiks AG, Mangione-Smith R
Pediatrics 2020 Sep;146(3) Epub 2020 Aug 3 doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0038. PMID: 32747473Free PMC Article
Wiegand S, Berner R, Schneider A, Lundershausen E, Dietz A
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2019 Mar 29;116(13):224-234. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2019.0224. PMID: 31064650Free PMC Article
Sakulchit T, Goldman RD
Can Fam Physician 2017 Sep;63(9):685-687. PMID: 28904032Free PMC Article
Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jun 23;2015(6):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub4. PMID: 26099233Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Pichichero ME, Chapman TJ, Bajorski P
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2021 Nov 1;40(11):975-980. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003228. PMID: 34382614Free PMC Article
Ciprandi G, Ameli F, Asmanov A, Passali FM, Tosca MA
J Biol Regul Homeost Agents 2021 Jan-Feb;35(1 Suppl. 2):33-38. doi: 10.23812/21-1supp2-7. PMID: 33982536
Phillips M, Finelli L, Saiman L, Wang C, Choi Y, Patel J
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2020 Nov 10;9(5):544-550. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa094. PMID: 32886769
Toll EC, Nunez DA
J Laryngol Otol 2012 Oct;126(10):976-83. Epub 2012 Jul 19 doi: 10.1017/S0022215112001326. PMID: 22809689
Alho OP, Koivu M, Sorri M
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1991 May;21(3):201-9. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(91)90001-r. PMID: 1869373

Clinical prediction guides

Otteson T
Pediatr Clin North Am 2022 Apr;69(2):203-219. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2022.01.001. PMID: 35337534
Suzuki HG, Dewez JE, Nijman RG, Yeung S
BMJ Open 2020 May 5;10(5):e035343. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035343. PMID: 32371515Free PMC Article
Homme JH
Pediatr Ann 2019 Sep 1;48(9):e343-e348. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20190813-01. PMID: 31505007
Leung AKC, Wong AHC
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2017;11(1):32-40. doi: 10.2174/1874609810666170712145332. PMID: 28707578
Lieberthal AS, Carroll AE, Chonmaitree T, Ganiats TG, Hoberman A, Jackson MA, Joffe MD, Miller DT, Rosenfeld RM, Sevilla XD, Schwartz RH, Thomas PA, Tunkel DE
Pediatrics 2013 Mar;131(3):e964-99. Epub 2013 Feb 25 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3488. PMID: 23439909

Recent systematic reviews

Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Nov 15;11(11):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub5. PMID: 37965923Free PMC Article
Spinks A, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Dec 9;12(12):CD000023. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000023.pub5. PMID: 34881426Free PMC Article
Holm NH, Rusan M, Ovesen T
Dan Med J 2020 Oct 29;67(11) PMID: 33215607
Suzuki HG, Dewez JE, Nijman RG, Yeung S
BMJ Open 2020 May 5;10(5):e035343. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035343. PMID: 32371515Free PMC Article
Venekamp RP, Sanders SL, Glasziou PP, Del Mar CB, Rovers MM
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jun 23;2015(6):CD000219. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000219.pub4. PMID: 26099233Free PMC Article

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Clinical resources

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.
    • Bookshelf
      See practice and clinical guidelines in NCBI Bookshelf. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Curated

    • NICE, 2022
      UK NICE Guideline NG91, Otitis media (acute): antimicrobial prescribing, 2022

    Consumer resources

    Recent activity

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...