https://www.selleckchem.com/products/ski-ii.html All of the patients received intravenous antibiotic therapy, and 7 (27%) patients required surgical interventions 6 required myringotomy and 1 required mastoidectomy. There were 12 (46%) patients in the pre-PCV years and 14 (56%) in the post-PCV years. The positive pneumococcal CSF and ear culture rates remained high and unchanged (∼ 75%). There were no significant changes in the clinical presentation or mortality rates. Conclusion  Micro-otoscopy should be included in the routine work-up of any suspected adult meningitis, because OgM is underdiagnosed. Unlike their impact on pediatric otitis media, PCVs did not change the epidemiology and bacteriology of OgM.Introduction  Laryngeal cancer is the second most common head and neck cancer, but no study to date reports exclusively on the well-being of the caregivers of patients with laryngeal cancer treated by radiotherapy. Objective  The present prospective pilot study aims to describe the impact of the work on the well-being of the caregivers of patients with laryngeal cancer. Methods  The caregivers of patients undergoing radiotherapy with curative intent for laryngeal cancer were included in the present study, and they were asked to fill out a specific questionnaire, while the patients filled out the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) following diagnosis but prior to treatment. Results  A total of 50 caregivers were included, 20% of which were male, and 80%, female. In total, 62% ( n  = 31) of the caregivers were spouses, while the remaining were daughters/sons ( n  = 11; 22%), siblings ( n  = 6; 12%), or they were classified as "other" ( n  = 2; 4%). The female caregivers scored lower (worse) on the depression/worry domain, and this was statistically significant ( p  = 0.047); they also reported a statistically significant higher negative impact on employment ( p  = 0.011) compared with the male caregivers. In general, the caregivers of patients with late-s