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Murrah, Kyle Allen 2014-09-10T08:35:22Z 2015-09-10T08:30:10Z 2014 https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/39396 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. <italic>Streptococcus pneumoniae</italic> is one of the two most commonly isolated bacterial pathogens of otitis media. This dissertation examines interactions of <italic>S. pneumoniae</italic> with nontypeable <italic>Haemophilus influenzae</italic>, the other leading bacterial cause of otitis media, and with adenovirus, a major cause of upper respiratory infections. en Wake Forest University Adenovirus Haemophilus influenzae Otitis media Polymicrobial Streptococcus pneumoniae Viral and Bacterial Polymicrobial Interactions with Streptococcus pneumoniae in Otitis Media Dissertation Swords, William E Deora, Rajendar Ornelles, David Reid, Sean Microbiology & Immunology 2015-09-10 open.access