Microbiologic characteristics of persistent otitis media

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1350-1352

  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; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFIXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031696632     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.12.1350     Document Type: Article

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