Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media Microbiology

Samples taken from chronic suppurative otitis media patients in the Medical Microbiology Laboratory of Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine will be planted in 5% sheep blood Columbia agar, eosin methylene blue agar and saboraud dextrose agar, and the media will be incubated at 37oC for 24-48 hours. Growing bacteria and fungi were examined using traditional methods \[Gram staining, catalase test, coagulase test, bacitracin disk, PYR test (L-pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide), oxidase test, IMViC test, lactophenol cotton blue, etc.\] and VITEK 2 (bioMerieux, France).