Evidence of bacterial metabolic activity in culture-negative otitis media with effusion

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-299

  Rayner, Mark G ^a   Zhang, Yingze ^a,d   Gorry, Michael C ^a,d   Chen, Yiping ^a   Post, J Christopher ^a,b,c,d   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; GENE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0032573876     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.4.296     Document Type: Article

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