High-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Amoxicillin for Acute Otitis Media

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-19

  Garrison, Gina Daubney ^a   Sorum, Paul C ^b   Hioe, Wayne ^c   Miller, Margaret M ^d  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cherokee Indian Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Amoxicillin; Antibiotic resistance; Children

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SUSPENSION; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346992349     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D052     Document Type: Article

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