Otitis media

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-12

  Heikkinen, Terho ^a   Ruuskanen, Olli ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; XYLITOL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0031923506     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199802000-00003     Document Type: Short Survey

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