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Six-month-old I.S. awake at 3 am crying and pullin on her left ear. there was dried, green, purulent drainage on her earlobe and on the sheet of her crib. her temperature was 38.3 degrees celsius. the pediatrician prescribed an antibiotic and an analgesic. what is the most likely cause of her symptoms?

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The cause of her symptoms was a ear infection
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Answer:

otitis media (middle ear infection)

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