Alloiococcus otitidis in acute otitis media

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Leskinen, Kimmo ^a   Hendolin, Panu ^b   Virolainen Julkunen, Anni ^a,c,d   Ylikoski, Jukka ^a   Jero, Jussi ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Alloiococcus otitidis; Bacteria; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0347625939     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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