Otitis, antibiotics, and the greater good

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1333-1335

  Rosenfeld, Richard M ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OTOSCOPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; CHILD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 10644264870     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0638     Document Type: Note

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