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Acute suppurative Otitis Media First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University Yu Lin Acute suppurative otitis media (ASOM) is inflammation of the middle ear cleft due to bacterial infection. It is also referred to as acute otitis media . ASOM is most common in children between the ages of 3 to 7 years. Such infants have a short, wide, more horizonally placed eustachian tube than adults, allowing contamination from the regurgitation of feed. Poor sanitation, over-crowding and malnutrition are all risk factors in childre