Severe acute middle ear infections: Microbiology and treatment

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1811-1816

  Heslop, Anders ^a   Ovesen, Therese ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Acute mastoiditis; Acute otitis media; Microbiological flora Antibiotic treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ACCURACY; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOIDITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WELLBEING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33747886895     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Block S. Causative pathogens, antibiotic resistance and therapeutic considerations in acute otitis media. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 16 4 (1997) 449-456
2. B.R. Alford. Complications of Middle Ear Infectious Disease. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, 2005.
3. Casselbrant M.L. Evidence-based Otitis Media (1999), BC Decker, Hamilton, ON 117-136
4. Claus G., Therese O., and Christian B.P. Acute mastoidectomy in a Danish county from 1977 to 1996 with focus on the bacteriology. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 45 (1998) 21-29
5. De Neeling A.J., et al. Epidemiology of resistance of S. pneumoniae in The Netherlands. Proceedings of the 36th Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. New Orleans, September (1996) (abstract C57)
6. Howard S. Antimicrobial-drug resistance. New England J. Med. 335 (1996) 1445-1453
7. Kuyvenhoven M.M., et al. Outpatient antibiotic prescriptions from 1992-2001 in the Netherlands. J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 52 4 (2003) 675-678
8. Leibovitz E., et al. Can acute otitis media caused by H. influenzae be distinguished from that caused by S. pneumoniae?. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 22 6 (2003) 509-514
9. Maroeska M., et al. Otitis media. The Lancet 363 (2004) 465-473
10. Moellering Jr. R.C. Interaction between antimicrobial consumption and selection of resistant bacterial strains. Scand J. Infect. Dis. Suppl. 70 (1990) 18-24
11. Murray B.E., et al. Patterns and mechanism of antibiotic resistance. Med. Clin. North Am. 62 (1978) 899-923
12. Sanz, et al. Pharmacologial treatment of acute otitis media in children. A comparison among seven locations. Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol. 60 1 (2004) 37-43
13. Tarantino V. Acute mastoiditis: A 10-year retrospective study. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 66 2 (2002) 143-148
14. Van Zuijlen, et al. National differences in incidence of acute mastoiditis: relationship to prescribing patterns of antibiotics for acute otitis media?. Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 20 2 (2000) 140-144