Pneumococcal serotypes from acute otitis media in rural Kentucky

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 859-865

  Block, Stan L ^a   Hedrick, James ^a   Harrison, Christopher J ^a   Tyler, Ron ^a   Smith, Alan ^a   Findlay, Rebecca ^a   Keegan, Eileen ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Antibiotics; Children; Penicillin resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; Pneumococcal serotypes; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENTUCKY; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036375317     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200209000-00015     Document Type: Article

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