Efficacy of amoxicillin/clavulanate for acute otitis media: Relation to Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 955-962

  Hoberman, Alejandro ^a   Paradise, Jack L ^a   Block, Stan ^b   Burch, Daniel J ^c   Jacobs, Michael R ^d   Balanescu, Mircea I ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c SmithKline Beecham Clinical Research and Development   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Grigore Alexandrescu Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; penicillin susceptibility; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029797426     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199610000-00034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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