Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in middle ear fluid: Multinational study of 917 children with acute otitis media

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 589-595

  Jacobs, Michael R ^a,e   Dagan, Ron ^b   Appelbaum, Peter C ^c   Burch, Daniel J ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031916470     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.3.589     Document Type: Article

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