Short-course antimicrobial treatment for acute otitis media: Not best for infants and young children

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1640-1642

  Paradise, Jack L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME; PENICILLIN V;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030691847     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.20.1640     Document Type: Short Survey

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