Otitis media: Can clinical findings predict bacterial or viral etiology?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 256-258

  McCormick, David P ^a,b   Lim Melia, Elizabeth ^a   Saeed, Kokab ^a   Baldwin, Constance D ^a   Chonmaitree, Tasnee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Primary Care Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical scores; Otitis media; Prediction of etiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; EARDRUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0034022177     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200003000-00019     Document Type: Article

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