Epidemiology of Otitis Media with Spontaneous Perforation of the Tympanic Membrane in Young Children and Association with Bacterial Nasopharyngeal Carriage, Recurrences and Pneumococcal Vaccination in Catalonia, Spain - The Prospective HERMES Study

• Robert Cilveti ,

  * E-mail: rcilveti@mutuaterrassa.es

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, H. Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-1071

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• Montserrat Olmo,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, H. Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

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• Josefa Pérez-Jove,

  Affiliation Catlab, Viladecavalls, Barcelona, Spain

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• Juan-José Picazo,

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

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• Josep-Lluis Arimany,

  Affiliation H. General de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain

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• Emiliano Mora,

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, H. Universitari Mútua Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

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• Tomás M. Pérez-Porcuna,

  Affiliation CAP Valldoreix, Barcelona, Spain

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• Ignacio Aguilar,

  Affiliation CAP Turó de Can Mates, San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain

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• Aurora Alonso,

  Affiliation CAP Rambla, Barcelona, Spain

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• Francesc Molina,

  Affiliation CAP Terrassa Sud, Barcelona, Spain

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• María del Amo,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Pfizer, Madrid, Spain

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• Cristina Mendez,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Pfizer, Madrid, Spain

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• on behalf of the HERMES Study Group

  ¶Membership of the HERMES Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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