Antimicrobials for acute otitis media? a review from the international primary care network

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7100, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Froom, Jack ^a   Culpepper, Larry ^b   Jacobs, Max ^c   Demelker, Ruut A ^c   Green, Larry A ^d   Van Buchem, Louk ^e   Grob, Paul ^f   Heeren, Timothy ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUROPE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0030747905     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7100.98     Document Type: Article

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