Foundations in Microbiology 9th Edition by Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess

Exercise 3

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles, and in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
You have been given the assignment of obtaining some type of culture that could help identify the cause of otitis media in a small child.
a. What area might you sample?
b. Why is this disease so common in children?