Epidemiology and pathogenesis of chronic suppurative otitis media: Implications for prevention and treatment

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-223

  Bluestone, Charles D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic otitis media; Chronic suppurative otitis media; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 0031963270     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(97)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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