The mechanisms involved in development of acute and subsequently chronic otitis media (OM) are still largely unknown. However, increasing epidemiological and virological- microbiological evidence suggest that respiratory viruses play an important pathogenetic role in acute OM, and may be involved, directly or indirectly in at least some cases of chronic OM (1, 2, 23, 51).

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