Changes in nasopharyngeal flora during otitis media of childhood

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 623-626

  Faden, Howard ^a   Stanievich, John ^a   Brodsky, Linda ^a   Bernstein, Joel ^a   Ogra, Pearay L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Nasopharynx; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024997340     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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