Upper respiratory tract infections

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1135-1138

  Jain, Neemisha ^a   Lodha, R ^a   Kabra, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngitis; Pharyngitis; Sinusitis; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PHARYNGITIS; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035706325     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722930     Document Type: Article

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