Babies of moms vaccinated against RSV while pregnant received fewer antimicrobial prescriptions during their first 3 months of life, a multinational study reports.
Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to detect cholesteatomas and bacterial biofilms and to remove them safely, the new collaborative project 'BetterView' is working on a special surgical microscope.
A guideline update reaffirms that tympanostomy tubes should not be considered in children with otitis media without middle ear effusion at the time of assessment for the procedure.