Topical treatment for otorrhea: Issues and controversies

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Bance, Manohar ^a,c   Rutka, John A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Capital Health ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic suppurative otitis media; Gentamicin; Middle ear; Otitis externa; Otorrhea; Ototoxicity; Topical treatment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ACETATE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLONE; STEROID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE;

BIOFILM; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG SAFETY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; OTORRHEA; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUPERINFECTION; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE EAR; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR, MIDDLE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MASTOIDITIS; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845269108     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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