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Risk Factors for Otitis Media and Carriage of Multiple Strains of Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae

[Emerg Infect Dis 6(6), 2000. © 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]


Table 1. Genetic patterns of Haemophilus influenzae in children attending two day-care centers, Michigan


Child ID No.Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4No. of patternsa
Day-care center 1
203--0--1
216--Didn't cutb9,10,114
221,2,121,2,13,1415,1688
2317,184,19184,18,19,20,216
24--555,222
2500--00
266,234,74,24,25,264,26,278
27--7,28,2928283
281,30--3113
29003201
30--2----1
3139040,415,42,43,447
327,453,6,456,7,46,47487
331------1
34077,33Didn't cutb2
3549,5049,5151,52,53535
3754,5554,5554,56543
387,34,350804
39360037,383
4074,6663
Day-care center 2
5133662
5311111111,122
54003101
55--2,302,32
56Didn't cutb13,14----2
577,87002
582,1513----3
5916,17--16,18163
60----99,102
615,192,5,19,202,52,54
6222,272,2722
63--1,2828,2928,293
64--1,210212
654,304,30304,302
6600201
67222323,2423,243
6825----25,262
694--1,402

a0 indicates that no H. influenzae were isolated. -- indicates that no culture was collected from the child at that time.
bIsolate did not digest with SmaI.


Table 2. Genetic types of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children attending day-care centers 1 and 2, Michigan


Child ID #Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4No. of patterns
Day care 1
200--1,2--2
210--031
2222001
2304001
24--0000
2500--00
2605501
27--0551
280--021
2906061
30--6----1
317007,82
3208902
330------0
3408801
35010001
37111111111
3800000
39000121
40130001
Day care 2
5100000
530140141
5400000
55--1111
5623----2
574,50052
5800----0
596--661
60----551
6177771
6200881
63--09,109,102
64--111101
6511111112,153
66121212121
6700000
680----00
690--13162

a0 indicates that no S. pneumoniae were isolated. -- indicates that no culture was collected from the child at that time.


Table 3. Univariate logistic regression odds ratios and 95% confidence intervalsa predicting carriage of two or more genetically distinct Haemophilus influenzae or Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates during a sampling period.


Risk FactorCarriage of two or more H. influenzae genetic types (n=55) OR (95% CI)Carriage of two or more S. pneumoniae genetic types (n=6) OR (95% CI)
Male1.11 (0.49-2.53)0.63 (0.07-5.68)
Race (nonwhite)0.93 (0.39-2.19)0.92 (0.16-5.47)
Age (23 months, referent)
24-35 months0.41 (0.11-1.55)--
36-47 months2.49 (0.92-6.74)--
>=48 months1.43 (0.43-4.78)--
Allergies2.26 (0.87-5.87)1.37 (0.20-9.56)
Exposure to smoking3.73 (1.42-9.82)--
Pacifier use0.23 (0.07-0.79)3.01 (0.29-31.55)
Otitis prone (having more than 3 infections/year)0.39 (0.15-1.02)1.64 (0.22-12.44)
Presence of tubes0.96 (0.26-3.49)1.14 (0.11-11.80)
Having siblings1.42 (0.60-3.39)0.96 (0.10-9.38)
High parental education level (>4 years of college)1.42 (0.60-3.39)1.21 (0.16-9.24)
Parental income (<$10,000-40,000 baseline)
   $41,000-$80,000/year1.50 (0.39-5.72)1.51 (0.14-16.00)
   $81,000->$100,000/year1.01 (0.26-3.89)0.43 (0.03-6.07)
Day care site 11.06 (0.46-2.43)2.26 (0.36-14.01)
Antibiotic use0.25 (0.32-1.57) 
Respiratory illness0.71 (0.32-1.57)0.72 (0.11-4.56)
Otitis media episode0.46 (0.11-1.84)--

aLogistic regressions performed with the generalized estimating equations (GEE) SAS macro to control for correlation between multiple samples taken from the same child.


Table 4. Multivariate logistic regression odds ratios and 95% confidence intervalsa predicting carriage of two or more genetically distinct Haemophilus influenzae isolates during a sampling period.


Risk FactorCarriage of two or more H. influenzae genetic types (N=54) OR (95% CI)
Exposed to smoking3.89 (1.83-8.28)
Allergies2.48 (1.03-5.95)
Age
   24-35 months0.60b (0.28-1.27)
   36-47 months3.43b (1.35-8.71)
   48+ months1.28b (0.49-3.32)
Antibiotic use0.26 (0.07-1.01)

aLogistic regression performed with the generalized estimating equations (GEE) SAS macro to control for correlation between multiple samples taken from the same children. All risk factors were included in a single model.
bOdds ratios compared with 23-month age group.