Five vs. ten days of antibiotic therapy for acute otitis media in young children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 458-463

  Cohen, Robert ^c   Levy, Corinne ^d   Boucherat, Michel ^d   Langue, Jacques ^d   Autret, Elisabeth ^a   Gehanno, Pierre ^b   De La Rocque, France ^d  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Cefpodoxime proxetil; Haemophilus influenzae; Nasopharyngeal flora; Short therapy; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034026125     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200005000-00013     Document Type: Article

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