Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus otorrhea after tympanostomy tube placement

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 868-873

  Coticchia, James M ^a   Dohar, Joseph E ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 26844503309     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.10.868     Document Type: Article

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