Effects of antimicrobial therapy on the microbial flora of the adenoids

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1331-1337

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoid; Anaerobes; Haemophilus; Interference; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFPROZIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADENOID; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADENOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0037633865     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg260     Document Type: Review

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