Long-term effects on the nasopharyngeal flora of children following antimicrobial therapy of acute otitis media with cefdinir or amoxycillin-clavulanate

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 553-556

  Brook, Itzhak ^a   Gober, Alan E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFDINIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20344372877     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45837-0     Document Type: Article

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