Sinusitis, otitis media, and pharyngitis: A review of diagnosis and management in adults

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1998, Pages

  Sokol, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031728535     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199812005-00005     Document Type: Review

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