Bullous myringitis: A case-control study

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 982-986

  McCormick, David P ^a,b   Saeed, Kokab A ^b   Pittman, Carmen ^b   Baldwin, Constance D ^b   Friedman, Norman ^c   Teichgraeber, Davis C ^b   Chonmaitree, Tasnee ^b  

^a Primary Care Pavilion ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Bullous myringitis; Case control; Child; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BULLOUS MYRINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYRINGITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATCHFUL WAITING APPROACH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLISTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARACHE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0141993759     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.4.982     Document Type: Article

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