Clinical significance of antibiotic resistance in acute otitis media and implication of antibiotic treatment on carriage and spread of resistant organisms

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Dagan, Ron ^a   Leibovitz, Eugene ^a   Leiberman, Alberto ^a   Yagupsky, Pablo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Antibiotic resistance; Carriage; Pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034025991     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200005001-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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