• AOM is the most common condition for which antibiotics are prescribed for children however, wide variation exists in diagnosis and treatment
• Accurate diagnosis can be made by otoscopic findings of tympanic membrane bulging.
• Otoscopic findings are critical to accurate AOM diagnosis
• Antibiotics are modestly more effective than no treatment but it causes adverse effects
• Most antibiotics have comparable clinical success

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