Current diagnostics and office practice. Empiric, supercalculated empiric, or organism-specific therapy for otolaryngologic infections

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-205

  Federspil, Pierre ^a   Federspil, Philipp A ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFDITOREN; CEFETAMET; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031870972     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-199806000-00013     Document Type: Review

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