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Over the past decade bacteria in the form of biofilms have been recognized as important causes of a variety of human infections, including infections of prosthetic devices, endocarditis, dental caries, pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, prostatitis and others [ 22 25 26 27 28 ] . Biofilms are more resistant to immune clearance mechanisms and to antibiotics compared to planktonic bacteria [ 29 30 ] . In order to develop strategies to treat and prevent infections caused by bacteria in biofilms, including otitis media with effusion, it will be important to elucidate the characteristics of bacterial pathogens as biofilms.
Almost every child in the United States experiences at least one episode of acute otitis media by the age of 5 years.
Pneumococcal otitis media is one of the most common diseases in children.
Systemic antibodies to several pneumococcal protein antigens, which are conserved across pneumococcal strains and serotypes, develop following pneumococcal carriage and otitis media and are present by the beginning of the second year of life [20,21].
More importantly, care for many respiratory conditions (especially otitis media and acute bronchitis) was captured in this study only as a complication of previously recognized influenza/ILI.