The "wait and see" approach of acute otitis media

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Corbeel, Lucien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

AUDITORY TUBE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARDRUM; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144267298     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1565-z     Document Type: Editorial

References (6)

1. Chonmaitree T, Owen MJ, Patel JA, Hedgepeth D, Horlick D, Howie VM (1992) Effect of viral respiratory tract infection on outcome of acute otitis media. J Pediatr 120: 856-862
2. Heikkinen T, Thint M, Chonmaitree T (1999) Prevalence of various respiratory viruses in the middle ear during acute otitis media. N Engl J Med 340: 260-264
3. Hotomi M, Yamanaka N, Samukawa T, Suzumot M, Sakai A, Shimada J, Ikeda Y, Faden H (2004) Treatment and outcome of severe and non-severe acute otitis media. Eur J Pediatr (this issue)
4. McLinn S (1978) Comparative study of cefaclor, a new cephalosporin, and amoxicillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in children. Current Chemotherapy 1: 123-125
5. Paradise JL, Feldman HM, Campbell THF, Dollaghan CHA, Colburn DK, Bernard BS, Rockette HE, Janosky JE, Pitcairn DN, Sabo DL, Kurs-Lasky M, Smith CG (2001) Effects of early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes for persistent otitis media on developmental outcomes at the age of three years. N Engl J Med 344: 1179-1195
6. Rovers MM, Schilder AGM, Rosenfeld RN (2004) Otitis media. Lancet 363: 465-473