Can acute otitis media caused by Haemophilus influenzae be distinguished from that caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 509-514

  Leibovitz, Eugene ^a   Satran, Robert ^a   Piglansky, Lolita ^a   Raiz, Simon ^a   Press, Joseph ^a   Leiberman, Alberto ^a   Dagan, Ron ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Clinical score; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0038540372     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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