Are there microbiological markers to predict recurrent acute otitis media?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 529, 1997, Pages 19-21

  Rynnel Dagöö, Britta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; H. influenzae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE MARKER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030611482     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709124070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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