Microbiology of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Prospective Study

Patients with complaints of ear discharge and who were diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media will be included in the study. Patients will be divided into two groups: CSOM with cholesteatoma and CSOM without cholesteatoma. One hundred ten patients from each group will be included in the study. After a comprehensive medical history is taken for each patient, the patient's external auditory canal will be cleaned with sterile aspirators. A sterile culture will be taken from the discharge of the ear and sent to microbiology. With the data obtained from microbiological examination, pathogens will be classified as gram-positive, gram-negative, anaerobic, and fungal and examined according to monomicrobial and polymicrobial growth. Antibiotic susceptibility tests will be conducted to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics against the bacteria causing the infection.