Table 1 Carriage status at age 1- < 3 months of Streptococcus pneumoniae, nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and/or Moraxella catarrhalis and presence or absence of otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children who had at least one clinical ear examination
Micro-organism | OM diagnosisa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aboriginal n = 66 | Non-Aboriginal n = 146 | |||||
Pncb | NTHic | Mcatd | Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) |
+ | + | + | 7 (87) | 1 (13) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) |
+ | + | - | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) |
+ | - | + | 9 (75) | 3 (25) | 4 (57) | 3 (43) |
- | + | + | 4 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 0 (0) |
+ | - | - | 4 (57) | 3 (43) | 2 (20) | 8 (80) |
- | + | - | 4 (80) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | 4 (100) |
- | - | + | 7 (87) | 1 (13) | 11 (65) | 6 (35) |
- | - | - | 9 (47) | 10 (53) | 42 (40) | 62 (60) |