Acute otitis media disease management

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 415-438

  Pichichero, M E ^a   Casey, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Otitis media, diagnosis; Otitis media, therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GATIFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAY CARE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG FORMULATION; EARDRUM; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344441393     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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