Clinical efficacy of antimicrobial drugs for acute otitis media: Metaanalysis of 5400 children from thirty-three randomized trials

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 355-367

  Rosenfeld, Richard M ^a   Vertrees, Julia E ^a   Carr, James ^a   Cipolle, Robert J ^a   Uden, Donald L ^a   Giebink, G Scott ^a   Canafax, Daniel M ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACAMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFRADINE; CYCLACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; SULFAFURAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0028266822     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(94)70356-6     Document Type: Article

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