Nasopharyngeal colonization with pathogens causing otitis media: How does this information help us?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1120-1124

  Harper, Marvin B ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c IntraMed   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Haemophilus influenzae; Human; Infant; Microbial drug resistance; Moraxella catarrhalis; Nasopharynx microbiology; Otitis media; Preschool; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032761411     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199912000-00026     Document Type: Review

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