Treatment of children with secretory otitis media (SOM) with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid (Spektramox®) or penicillin-V (Primcillin®). Bacteriological findings in the nasopharynx before and after treatment

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Balle, Viggo ^a   Sederberg Olsen, Jørgen ^b   Thomsen, Jens ^a   Hartzen, Susanne ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ENT Clinic   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Bacteriological finding; Nasopharynx; Secretory otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN V; PRIMCILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLINS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032530594     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(98)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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