Implications of pharmacokinetics in making choices for the management of acute otitis media

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 565-570

  Blumer, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Antibiotic; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LORACARBEF; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; PEDIAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0031862534     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199806000-00037     Document Type: Article

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