Evolution of management approaches for otitis externa

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-306

  Dohar, Joseph E ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Otitis externa; Topical antibiotics

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM ACETATE; BORIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; THIOMERSAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EVOLUTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MYCOSIS; OCCLUSION; OTOTOXICITY; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTRINGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037392211     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200304000-00001     Document Type: Review

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