Bacteriology of acute otitis media in a cohort of Finnish children followed for the first two years of life

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 654-662

  Kilpi, Terhi ^a   Herva, Elja ^a   Kaijalainen, Tarja ^a   Syrjänen, Ritva ^a   Takala, Aino K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b ORION CORPORATION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Bacteriology; Epidemiology; Haemophilus influenzae; Infants; Moraxella catarrhalis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RECURRENCE; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUCTION;

EID: 0034934568     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200107000-00004     Document Type: Article

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