Early recurrences of otitis media: Reinfection or relapse?

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 20-25

  Carlin, Susan A ^a,b,c   Marchant, Colin D ^a,b,c   Shurin, Paul A ^a,b,c   Johnson, Candice E ^a,b,c   Murdell Panek, D ^a,b,c   Barenkamp, Stephen J ^a,b,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0023252372     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(87)80281-0     Document Type: Article

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