High incidence of Alloiococcus otitis in otitis media with effusion

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 860-865

  Hendolin, Panu H ^a,e   Kärkkäinen, Ulla ^c   Himi, Tetsuo ^d   Markkanen, Aila ^c   Ylikoski, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alloiococcus otitis; Bacterium; Detection; Etiology; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Otitis media with effusion; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; LACTOBACILLACEAE; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0344980293     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199910000-00005     Document Type: Article

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