Bacterial interference in the nasopharynx following antimicrobial therapy of acute otitis media

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-492

  Brook, Itzhak ^a,b   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFPROZIL;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTIBIOSIS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 0031966950     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/41.4.489     Document Type: Article

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