Efficacy of single-dose intramuscular ceftriaxone for treatment of acute otitis media in children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-45

  Al Ghamdi, Yasser S ^b,c   El Kafrawi, Mohsen ^a   Aglan, Yasser I ^a   Saleh, Mahmoud A ^b  

^a KING SAUD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c King Saud Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Ceftriaxone; Children; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0032913553     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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