Outcome of acute otitis media and its relation to clinical features and nasopharyngeal colonization at the time of diagnosis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 908-914

  Harabuchi, Yasuaki ^a   Kodama, Hiroyuki ^a   Faden, Howard ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Nasopharynx; Otitis media; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFDINIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARDRUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0035691703     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164801317166763     Document Type: Article

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