The nasopharyngeal bacterial flora in children with otitis media with effusion

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 253, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 260-263

  Fujimori, I ^a   Hisamatsu, K ^a   Kikushima, K ^a   Goto, R ^a   Murakami, Y ^a   Yamada, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Shakaihoken Kajikazawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Nasopharyngeal bacterial interference; Otitis media with effusion; streptococcus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0029989007     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00171139     Document Type: Article

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