Taxonomy
Family: Carnobacteriaceae

Clinical significance
They have been isolateed from human middle ear fluid.

Acute otitis media, persistence of middle ear effusion (MEE) without signs or symptoms of acute infection is recognized in c. 10% of children; this is otitis media with effusion (OME). Chronic OME or the persistence of nonpurulent fluid in the middle ear with minimal constitutional symptoms can lead to significant hearing loss with problems in development of speech, language and the acquisition of social skills