Topical ciprofloxacin/dexamethasone superior to oral amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in acute otitis media with otorrhea through tympanostomy tubes

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Dohar, Joseph ^a   Giles, William ^b   Roland, Peter ^c   Bikhazi, Nadim ^d   Carroll, Sean ^e   Moe, Roderick ^f   Reese, Bradley ^g   Dupre, Sheryl ^h   Wall, Michael ^h   Stroman, David ^h   McLean, Celeste ^h   Crenshaw, Krista ^h  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CENTA Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Ogden Clinic   (United States)

^e ENT Specialists of NW Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

^f Pediatric ENT Institute of South Texas   (United States)

^g Florida Otolaryngology Group   (United States)

^h ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Dexamethasone; Oral antibiotics; Otitis media; Tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AUGMENTIN ES 600; CIPRODEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; OTALGIA; OTORRHEA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN INFECTION; SUSPENSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PENICILLINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749070198     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2033     Document Type: Article

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