Successful treatment of chronic Mycobacterium abscessus otitis media with clarithromycin

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 384-385

  Ferguson, Polly J ^a   Saulsbury, Frank T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

clarithromycin; Mycobacterium abscessus; otitis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; OTORRHEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0029969423     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199604000-00023     Document Type: Article

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