Bressler SS, Bruden D, Hammitt LL, Chukwuma U, Fischer M, Singleton R. Trends in Otitis Media Ambulatory Visits in American Indian and Alaska Native Children During the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Period and the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2024;
43:390-392. [PMID:
38241660 PMCID:
PMC10919265 DOI:
10.1097/inf.0000000000004207]
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Abstract
Otitis media-associated outpatient visits among American Indians/Alaska Natives children <5 years old decreased by 52% (100 to 48 per 100 children per year) from 2003 to 2019. Otitis media visits decreased by another 50% from 2019 to 2020, but rebounded between 2020 and 2021 back to a rate similar to 2019.
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