Chronic secretory otitis media: Negative bacteriology

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 836-839

  Saffer, Moacyr ^a   Neto, José Faibes Lubianca ^b,d   Piltcher, Otávio B ^c   Petrillo, Victor F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Department of Pulmonology   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^d Otorhinolaryngological Service ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Chronic secretory otitis media; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN V;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MYRINGOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0029906106     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489609137936     Document Type: Article

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