Pneumococcal acute otitis media in children

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-73

  Kouppari, G ^a   Zaphiropoulou, A ^a   Stamos, G ^a   Deliyianni, V ^a   Apostopoulos, N ^b   Legakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Children; Resistance; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0347740262     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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