As in the immunocompetent child, AOM is common in the first year of life, but with increasing age the HIV-infected child has a higher annual incidence of infections than the immunocompetent child.

Otitis media is an inflammatory infection of the middle ear, commonly following upper respiratory infections, especially in children. It presents with ear pain, fever, hearing loss, and discharge.

When antibiotics are needed for treating acute otitis media (AOM) in children, amoxicillin is the first-line agent recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Macrolides, such as azithromycin ...

The 2013 AAP clinical practice guideline for the management of AOM [1] lists several scenarios in which AOM should or should not be diagnosed. AOM should be diagnosed in the following instances: ...

A new cellphone app developed by physician-scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately diagnose ear infections, or acute otitis media ...

Images of eardrums from a healthy patient (left) or with acute otitis media (right) captured by the new smartphone app. AOM is one of the most common childhood infections for which antibiotics are ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers developed and validated an automated classifier for diagnosing acute otitis media (AOM) in children. Study: Development and Validation of an ...