Evaluation of nasopharyngeal cultures for bacteriologic assessment of acute otitis media in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-332

  Gehanno, Pierre ^a   Lenoir, Gerard ^b   Barry, Beatrk ^a   Bons, Jacques ^c   Boucot, Isabelle ^c   Berche, Patrick ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c Laboratoire GlaxoWellcome   (France)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; bacterial epidemiology; nasopharyngeal flora

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPPURATION; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029874577     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00009     Document Type: Article

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