Influence of recent antibiotic therapy on antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with acute otitis media in Spain

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-97

  Del Castillo, Fernando ^a,b   Baquero Artigao, Fernando ^a   Garcia Perea, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Penicillin resistance; Spain; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFIXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031930607     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199802000-00003     Document Type: Article

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