The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: A longitudinal study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gibney, Katherine B ^a   Morris, Peter S ^b,d   Carapetis, Jonathan R ^e,f   Skull, Susan A ^e,f   Smith Vaughan, Heidi C ^b,c   Stubbs, Elizabeth ^b   Leach, Amanda J ^b,c  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Northern Territory Clinical School   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EAR DISEASE; EARDRUM; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; OTOSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; NASOPHARYNX; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION;

EID: 26444473255     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-5-16     Document Type: Article

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