High frequency of Alloiococcus otitidis in the nasopharynx and in the middle ear cavity of otitis-prone children

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1009-1014

  Harimaya, Atsushi ^a   Takada, Ryuta ^a   Somekawa, Yukihiro ^b   Fujii, Nobuhiro ^a   Himi, Tetsuo ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alloiococcus otitidis; Nasopharynx; Otitis media; Otitis prone children; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALLOIOCOCCUS OTITIDIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROAT CULTURE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646115441     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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