Nasopharyngeal Carriage ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeat the Completion of Successful Antibiotic Treatment of Acute Otitis Media Predisposes to Early Clinical Recurrence

Abstract
ObjectiveWe sought to investigate the role of Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP) nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization after successful antibiotic treatment (Rx) of acute otitis media (AOM) in recurrent AOM (RAOM)