TY - JOUR ID - TI - Effect of Sofrodax, Acetic Acid and Ear Wax on Biofilm Formation on Bacterial Isolates from Otitis Media AU - Juman Oday Sabri AU - Ilham A. Bnyan AU - Safaa H. Al-Terahi PY - 2014 VL - 11 IS - 4 SP - 961 EP - 970 JO - Medical Journal of Babylon مجلة بابل الطبية SN - 1812156X 23126760 AB - In this study, one hundred otitis media (OM) swabs were collected from (100) patients who were referred to Hilla Teaching Hospital (ENT unit) and privacy clinic during a period (from November 2013 through March 2014) suffering from OM. The collected samples were investigated for bacterial isolation. Bacterial culture was positive in (96%) patient's verses (4%) patients revealed negative bacterial culture. The most common types of bacterial isolated were S. epidermidis (23.6%), followed by S. aureus (17%), Proteus spp. (14.1%), Ps. aeroginosa (9.4%), Streptococcus spp., K. pneumoniae and Enterobacter spp. (7.6%), Acinetobacterbummanii (5.6%), Serratiamarecence (5.6%) and E. coli (0.9%).Biofilm formation was investigated in all bacterial species, and the results showed that the most isolates that form biofilm in gram negative bacteria and gram positive bacteria in high rate (100%).The effect of ear wax, vinegar and acetic acid on biofilm formation were studied the results showed that these materials have some effect on biofilm formation.

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