Turicella otitidis and Corynebacterium auris do not cause otitis media with effusion in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1124-1126

  Holzmann, David ^a,e   Funke, Guido ^c   Linder, Thomas ^a,d   Nadal, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Gartner and Colleagues Laboratories ^*  (Germany)

^d LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium auris; Otitis media with effusion; Pathogenesis; Turicella otitidis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM AURIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TURICELLA OTITIDIS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036905286     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200212000-00007     Document Type: Article

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