Prophylaxis with amoxicillin or sulfisoxazole for otitis media: Effect on the recovery of penicillin-resistant bacteria from children

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-145

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN G; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0030061726     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.143     Document Type: Article

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