The microbiology of chronic otitis media with effusion in a group of Auckland children

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1022, 1996, Pages 182-184

  Watson, Peter ^b   Voss, Lesley ^a   Barber, Colin ^b   Aickin, Richard ^b   Bremner, David ^b   Lennon, Diana ^a  

^a STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Starship Children's Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFPODOXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EFFUSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEW ZEALAND; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PENICILLINS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 0029992968     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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