Effective treatment of experimental acute otitis media by application of volatile fluids into the ear canal

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1876-1880

  Kristinsson, Karl G ^a   Magnusdottir, Anna B ^a   Petersen, Hannes ^a   Hermansson, Ann ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OLIVE OIL; PLACEBO; SALICYLALDEHYDE; THYMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INSTILLATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; MALE; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OILS, VOLATILE; OTITIS MEDIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 18944384699     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430003     Document Type: Article

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