Management of otitis media: 2000 and beyond

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-387

  Klein, Jerome O ^a,b  

^a Maxwell Finland Lab Infect Dis   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Management of otitis media; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KETOLIDE; OSELTAMIVIR; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; REVIEW; TYMPANOMETRY; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034002743     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200004000-00034     Document Type: Review

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