Sensitivity and spectrum of bacterial isolates in infectious otitis externa

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 146-149

  Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Nasir Ullah ^a   Ali, Nadir ^a   Afridi, Nazar Muhammad ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Culture; Flouroquinolones; Otitis externa; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EAR INFECTION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CHILD; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 3142783361     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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