Necrotizing external otitis: Aminoglycoside and β-lactam antibiotic treatment combined with surgical treatment

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-274

  Pedersen, H B ^a   Rosborg, J ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Otitis externa diagnosis; Otitis externa necrotizing

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031404110     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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