High incidence of Alloiococcus otitidis in children with otitis media, despite treatment with antibiotics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 946-949

  Harimaya, Atsushi ^a   Takada, Ryuta ^a   Hendolin, Panu H ^b   Fujii, Nobuhiro ^a   Ylikoski, Jukka ^c   Himi, Tetsuo ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33644880289     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.3.946-949.2006     Document Type: Article

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