The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, March 1st, 2002
7. VACCINE RATIONALE FOR PREVENTION OF OTITIS MEDIA There is much interest in developing methods to prevent otitis media (OM). Otitis media is an enormous national health problem in terms of both human suffering and cost. Physicians treat children more often for OM with effusion (OME) than for any other disease, and OME is the second leading cause of surgery in children, after circumcision.1 Costs due to OM are estimated at a minimum of $5 billion annually.' Approximately 50% of infants have at least 1 OM episode by age 6 months, 80% by 1 year, and 90% by 2 years.2 For children in whom OM de...
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