Topical Ciprofloxacin/Dexamethasone is Superior to Ciprofloxacin Alone in Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Media and Otorrhea through Tympanostomy Tubes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2116-2122

  Roland, Peter S ^a   Anon, Jack B ^b   Moe, Richard D ^c   Conroy, Peter J ^e   Wall, G Michael ^d   Dupre, Sheryl J ^d   Krueger, Kimberly A ^d   Potts, Susan ^d   Hogg, Gail ^d   Stroman, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pediat Ear Nose/Throat Inst S TX   (United States)

^d Alcon Research   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Ciprofloxacin; Dexamethasone; Otorrhea; Tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPRODEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS DEXAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042526444     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200312000-00011     Document Type: Article

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