Streptococcus pneumoniae causes otitis media with higher fever and more redness of tympanic membranes than Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 942-944

  Rodriguez, William J ^a   Schwartz, Richard H ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INOVA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media with effusion; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tympanic membrane

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PAIN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0032848415     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199910000-00023     Document Type: Article

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