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title

Viral and Bacterial Polymicrobial Interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae in Otitis Media

author

Murrah, Kyle Allen

abstract

The major pediatric disease otitis media is caused by a variety of bacterial and viral etiological agents, which frequently act in combination to induce polymicrobial middle ear disease. Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the two most commonly isolated bacterial pathogens of otitis media. This dissertation examines interactions of S. pneumoniae with nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae, the other leading bacterial cause of otitis media, and with adenovirus, a major cause of upper respiratory infections.

subject

Adenovirus

Haemophilus influenzae

Otitis media

Polymicrobial

Streptococcus pneumoniae

contributor

Swords, William E (committee chair)

Deora, Rajendar (committee member)

Ornelles, David (committee member)

Reid, Sean (committee member)

date

2014-09-10T08:35:22Z (accessioned)

2015-09-10T08:30:10Z (available)

2014 (issued)

degree

Microbiology & Immunology (discipline)

embargo

2015-09-10 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39396 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Dissertation