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Acute suppurative Otitis media (ASOM) is treated using all except:

A
Erythromycin
B
Penicillin
C
Streptomycin
D
Cephalosporin
High-Yield Explanation
(c) Streptomycin(Ref. Scott Brown, 8th ed., Vol 2; 142)Streptomycin--an aminoglycoside is used in anti- tubercular treatment.The MC organism causing ASOM is Streptococcus pneumoniae followed by Haemophilus influenzae. So beta-lactum, macrolides and fluro-quinolones active against these bacteria, are the antibiotics of choice.

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