CSOM and it's association with culture results andsocioeconomic factors in a tertiary care hospitals

Chronic suppurative otitis media(CSOM) is a major health problem throughout the world and an important cause of preventable hearing loss. There is an enormous financial burden associated with it. A cross-sectional type of descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Microbiology, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi to know the association with culture results and socioeconomic factors of CSOM. A total of 96 aural swabs were collected from clinically suspected cases of CSOM irrespective of age and sex in ENTdepartment of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi. Out of 96 samples, 68(70.84%) were culture positive and 28 (29.16%) were culture negative. There were 7 age groupsamong culture positive cases. In all age groups, females were predominant except in age group of 61-70 years. Maximum 26 (27.09%) cases were found in the age group of 11-20 years. Majority 61(63.54%) cases were from rural locality and 35 (36.46%) cases were from urban locality. Majority of the caseswere from upper lower class 40 (41.67%) followed by lower middle class 31 (32.29%).