Vaccine Does Not Prevent Ear Infections

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What a shock!.......

Vaccination Is No Help Against Childhood Otitis Media

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 28 - A combination of pneumococcal

conjugate

and polysaccharide vaccination does not help reduce the recurrence of

otitis

media with effusion (OME), Dutch researchers report in the March

issue of

Pediatrics.

The condition, lead investigator Dr. Niels van Heerbeek told Reuters

Health,

" is very frequent during childhood and the costs of subsequent

medical and

surgical... treatments are huge. "

Because Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common bacterial

pathogens involved, Dr. van Heerbeek of Radboud University Medical

Center

Nijmegan, and colleagues sought to find out whether combined

pneumococcal

conjugate and polysaccharide vaccination might be helpful.

The investigators randomized 161 children with persistent bilateral

OME who

were being treated with tympanostomy tubes to receive or not receive a

conjugate vaccine before tube insertion and a polysaccharide vaccine

some 3

months later.

There was a significant increase in antibody titers in vaccine

recipients.

However, as Dr. van Heerbeek pointed out " combined pneumococcal

vaccination

did not protect children prone to OME against recurrences. "

" Therefore, " he concluded, " pneumococcal vaccines are not indicated

in the

management of children suffering from recurrent OME. A causative

treatment

for recurrent OME is therefore still desired. "

Pediatrics 2006;117:603-608

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Does know that the vast majority of otitis media in infants and kids are viral Of course vaccines against bacteria won't work

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From: cathylynn2 <cathybuckley@...>Reply-EOHarm To: EOHarm Subject: Vaccine Does Not Prevent Ear InfectionsDate: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 16:13:06 -0700What a shock!.......Vaccination Is No Help Against Childhood Otitis MediaBy NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Mar 28 - A combination of pneumococcal conjugateand polysaccharide vaccination does not help reduce the recurrence of otitismedia with effusion (OME), Dutch researchers report in the March issue ofPediatrics.The condition, lead investigator Dr. Niels van Heerbeek told Reuters Health,"is very frequent during childhood and the costs of subsequent medical andsurgical... treatments are huge."Because Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common bacterialpathogens involved, Dr. van Heerbeek of Radboud University Medical CenterNijmegan, and colleagues sought to find out whether combined pneumococcalconjugate and polysaccharide vaccination might be helpful.The investigators randomized 161 children with persistent bilateral OME whowere being treated with tympanostomy tubes to receive or not receive aconjugate vaccine before tube insertion and a polysaccharide vaccine some 3months later.There was a significant increase in antibody titers in vaccine recipients.However, as Dr. van Heerbeek pointed out "combined pneumococcal vaccinationdid not protect children prone to OME against recurrences.""Therefore," he concluded, "pneumococcal vaccines are not indicated in themanagement of children suffering from recurrent OME. A causative treatmentfor recurrent OME is therefore still desired."Pediatrics 2006;117:603-608