Surgery for the Treatment of Otitis Media in Indigenous Australian Children

Grant number: 1007641 | Funding period: 2011 - 2018

Completed

Abstract

Ear infection (otitis media) is a major problem amongst children living in remote Australian communities. Medical treatment often fails, and ear nose and throat surgeons are called upon to provide surgical care. This clinical trial will provide surgeons with evidence so that they can recommend the best possible operation for children living in desert and tropical regions, most of whom are indigenous, to improve hearing and reduce the prevalence of ear infection and discharging ears.

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The microbiome of otitis media with effusion in Indigenous Australian children

J Jervis-Bardy, GB Rogers, PS Morris, HC Smith-Vaughan, E Nosworthy, LEX Leong, RJ Smith, LS Weyrich, J De Haan, AS Carney, AJ Leach, S O'Leary, RL Marsh

2015-09-01

Introduction: Indigenous Australian children have a high prevalence of otitis media with effusion (OME) and associated conductive ..

Deriving accurate microbiota profiles from human samples with low bacterial content through post-sequencing processing of Illumina MiSeq data

J Jervis-Bardy, LEX Leong, S Marri, RJ Smith, JM Choo, HC Smith-Vaughan, E Nosworthy, PS Morris, S O’leary, GB Rogers, RL Marsh

2015-01-01

Background: The rapid expansion of 16S rRNA gene sequencing in challenging clinical contexts has resulted in a growing body of lit..

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